Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Band 3 Eating Disorders Team Secretary

The closing date is 09 November 2025

Job summary

The Aspen Centre is a standalone Eating Disorders unit providing in-patient and out-patient care.

Team Secretary to support the clinical team - Band 3 Permanent - 30 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

Working alongside your admin colleagues, you will provide comprehensive administrative and secretarial services to our clinical and medical teams. You will be required to produce accurate letters and reports via our digital dictation system (Bighand), correspond effectively via e-mail communications, process referrals and provide administrative support to the MDT.

Using our electronic patient record system (Carenotes) you will need to produce accurate data inputting as well as scan, print and upload various correspondence.

Being able to demonstrate empathy and maintain confidentiality is also essential, as you will be required to answer complex telephone queries, where you will need to respond professionally to enquiries both internally and externally and possess the ability to exercise judgement and problem solve quickly.

You will be supporting our Medical Secretaries with providing cover in their absence, as well as working flexibly with your admin colleagues, to provide cross cover for our reception, where necessary.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

  • generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
  • excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
  • salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
  • discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
  • wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
  • staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Details

Date posted

22 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

444-7565493-MH

Job locations

Aspen Centre

Lakin Road

Warwick

CV34 5BW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Were seeking an experienced secretary, who is organised, friendly, approachable, and self-motivated, to join our small admin team in providing secretarial services to our clinical team within our Eating Disorders Service.

Possessing excellent communication skills both written and verbal is essential, alongside proven secretarial skills and the ability to multitask within a fast-paced environment.

You will need to be a team player and demonstrate sensitivity and confidentiality, due to the nature of our service, with the ability to work autonomously and have a strong work ethic with the flexibility to prioritise a varied workload.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Were seeking an experienced secretary, who is organised, friendly, approachable, and self-motivated, to join our small admin team in providing secretarial services to our clinical team within our Eating Disorders Service.

Possessing excellent communication skills both written and verbal is essential, alongside proven secretarial skills and the ability to multitask within a fast-paced environment.

You will need to be a team player and demonstrate sensitivity and confidentiality, due to the nature of our service, with the ability to work autonomously and have a strong work ethic with the flexibility to prioritise a varied workload.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE or equivalent English and Mathematics
  • QCF Business Administration Level 2
  • QCF Customer Service Level 2

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication / customer care skills both written and verbal demonstrating sympathy and compassion
  • Advanced keyboard / IT skills
  • Ability to manage and prioritise own and other's workload and use own initiative
  • Good organisation skills and Good time management skills ability to multitask
  • Good knowledge and understanding of office procedures
  • Understand confidentiality and apply the principles in every day working practice
  • Ability to take and transcribe notes of meetings in a timely manner

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a busy office / customer care environment

Desirable

  • NHS Experience

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Work effectively and flexibly as part of a team to meet the needs of the services
  • Confident in dealing with people at all levels
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE or equivalent English and Mathematics
  • QCF Business Administration Level 2
  • QCF Customer Service Level 2

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication / customer care skills both written and verbal demonstrating sympathy and compassion
  • Advanced keyboard / IT skills
  • Ability to manage and prioritise own and other's workload and use own initiative
  • Good organisation skills and Good time management skills ability to multitask
  • Good knowledge and understanding of office procedures
  • Understand confidentiality and apply the principles in every day working practice
  • Ability to take and transcribe notes of meetings in a timely manner

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a busy office / customer care environment

Desirable

  • NHS Experience

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Work effectively and flexibly as part of a team to meet the needs of the services
  • Confident in dealing with people at all levels

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Aspen Centre

Lakin Road

Warwick

CV34 5BW


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Aspen Centre

Lakin Road

Warwick

CV34 5BW


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Admin Lead

Kate Wainwright-Young

Kate.Wainwright-young@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

03003033664

Details

Date posted

22 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

444-7565493-MH

Job locations

Aspen Centre

Lakin Road

Warwick

CV34 5BW


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