Senior PA

Job summary

The Senior Personal Assistant will provide comprehensive office and administrative support to the Assistant Director (Consultant Clinical Scientist) and senior members of the Management Team with NHSBTs Pathology-Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics function. It is an exciting opportunity to contribute to patient care by supporting the consultants work in solid organ and stem cell transplantation, stem cell donation, blood transfusion and furthering research into many aspects of transplantation. The role is supporting a National Team based in England and will include work from home, working from your nearest NHSBT main centre and occasional travel. In the role you be responsible for the preparation of papers for meetings, taking minutes, researching the internet for relevant literature and co-ordinating travel, accommodation arrangements, diary co-ordination, email management and communication with senior personnel within NHSBT. You will also be expected to handle enquiries from scientific and medical staff in NHS Trusts.

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities will include Providing a comprehensive PA service to the Assistant Director. Acting as a central source of communication between the Assistant Director and other Managers in the Directorate and other Directorates and with agencies/contacts external to the organisation. Ensuring the effective running of the service and the timely prioritisation of all administrative duties. To act as a communication channel between the manager, department/team, other departments and external agencies On infrequent occasions you will be required to travel to other NHSBT and external sites, very occasionally requiring overnight stays. Appropriate notice will always be given.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.