Personal Assistant - Deputy Chief Nurse

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, organised, and highly skilled individual to join the Corporate Nursing team. You will be providing high quality administrative support to the Deputy Chief Nurses and the Chief Nurses Office directorate. This will involve working closely with the Chief Nursing Officer's EA, and the PA to the Chief AHP and Director of Midwifery; together you will form the administrative core of the CNO directorate.

We welcome applications from candidates who do not have the full experience/qualifications on the personal specification/job description. If successful, you will develop your skills, knowledge and behaviours through our staff apprenticeship Business Administrator programme, whilst being employed on a banded salary (band 3 or 4 depending on experience/qualifications)

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

To provide a full and comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to the Deputy Chief Nurses, including typing of correspondence, reports, letters, minutes and other documents as required.

Maintain and ensure confidentiality is observed at all times including shredding and disposal of confidential information both paper and electronic.

To maintain on a daily basis an effective diary system, electronically as required by the Deputy Chief Nurses ensuring good practice and efficient use of working time. This may require use of tact and sensitivity to negotiate an agreement when dealing with large groups of senior staff and/or external staff.

To co-ordinate formal meetings and functions on behalf of team members, in addition to preparing agendas and relevant enclosures from information received.

To attend meetings on multiple hospital sites and take, produce and circulate accurate complex minutes within an agreed time. Maintenance of personal & electronic files.

To liaise effectively with staff, managers and outside agencies in order to ensure sound communication within the department/teams.

To share in the recruitment, induction and support of administrative and clerical staff, particularly in relation to administrative procedures.

To prepare and collate departmental background information in preparation of business cases, reports or other document and produce statistics, as appropriate to support special projects.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

  1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
  2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
  3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives

Date posted

22 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum (band 3 if apprentice/trainee)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

381-CO-5264149-A

Job locations

SWB NHS Trust

Lyndon

West Bromwich

B71 4HJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • oPrevious secretarial experience

Desirable

  • oPrevious PA experience within the NHS

Qualifications

Essential

  • oRecognised qualification e.g. RSA II/III/or equivalent
  • oGCSE English or equiv (Grades A-C)

Desirable

  • NVQ 11/111 or equivalent in relevant areas i.e. Business Admin
  • ECDL

Knowledge

Essential

  • oUnderstanding of a range of work procedures and practices, some of which are non-routine.
  • oGood Understanding of Microsoft packages, PowerPoint, Excel, Word & Outlook

Emotional Effort

Essential

  • oAbility to work in a pressurised environment

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • oExcellent organisational ability
  • oAbility to manage own workload
  • oAbility to work in challenging and busy environment whilst meeting tight deadlines
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • oPrevious secretarial experience

Desirable

  • oPrevious PA experience within the NHS

Qualifications

Essential

  • oRecognised qualification e.g. RSA II/III/or equivalent
  • oGCSE English or equiv (Grades A-C)

Desirable

  • NVQ 11/111 or equivalent in relevant areas i.e. Business Admin
  • ECDL

Knowledge

Essential

  • oUnderstanding of a range of work procedures and practices, some of which are non-routine.
  • oGood Understanding of Microsoft packages, PowerPoint, Excel, Word & Outlook

Emotional Effort

Essential

  • oAbility to work in a pressurised environment

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • oExcellent organisational ability
  • oAbility to manage own workload
  • oAbility to work in challenging and busy environment whilst meeting tight deadlines

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Lyndon

West Bromwich

B71 4HJ


Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Lyndon

West Bromwich

B71 4HJ


Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

PA to Chief AHP and Director of Midwifery

Mr Harry Cleaver

harry.cleaver@nhs.net

07811411001

Date posted

22 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum (band 3 if apprentice/trainee)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

381-CO-5264149-A

Job locations

SWB NHS Trust

Lyndon

West Bromwich

B71 4HJ


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