Apprentice PA to Directorate Managers & Matrons, Dept of Medicine

To provide professional and comprehensive Apprentice PA duties to the Directorate Managers with the Medicine Division and provide administrative and secretarial support to the Divisional Matrons and members of the Senior Management Team as and when required., An Apprentice Personal Assistant is required to support the Directorate managers within the Medicine Division., To provide an excellent secretariat and planning function. Including providing a quality diary management service, ensuring that deadlines are met, that all correspondence and documentation is produced to highest standards of accuracy, and that clear systems and procedures are in place for managing documents and dealing with emails. Servicing of meetings and minute taking is an integral part of the role and skills in this area must be to an exceptional standard., Act as first point of contact for all communications to the Directorate Managers and deal with all such communications appropriately, including exchange of sensitive or contentious information.
Assimilate, manage and communicate a wide range of information, some of which will be sensitive and complex and may involve matters relating to individual staff or patient matters or matters of commercial confidence.
To provide an administration and secretarial service to Directorate Managers and members of the Senior Management Team on a day-to-day basis.
An excellent level of communication and relationship skills required to liaise with external organisations, to deal with a wide range of contacts e.g. members of the public, Trust and Trust Directors and a range of members of other organisations e.g. local authorities and voluntary groups.
To provide administrative support to committees and senior level meetings, including the provision of papers, information and arrangements including catering/venue/access/equipment requirements. Be responsible for taking minutes and ensuring appropriate follow up action is taken.
Be responsible for the effective management of electronic diaries, using own judgement to make necessary adjustments to ensure the Directorate Mangers can carry out their duties and that their time is focused and maximised at all times. Resolving conflicting appointments and arranging urgent meetings, which arise on a day-to-day basis.
Prepare papers received via email prior to the meeting and confirming attendance or registering apologies. Check emails for request for attendance at meetings, acting independently co-ordinating availability as appropriate, re-arranging existing meetings to accommodate where required. Acting on initiative, reply as necessary. Anticipate the needs of the Directorate Managers, by arranging travel, finding directions or arranging accommodation if necessary.
Prepare non stock orders requisitions for specialist goods and any ad hoc orders. Sourcing products and acquiring prices from suppliers and liaising with procurement team on lead times for delivery, and/or raise appropriate items on the organisations purchasing system.
Support budget holders in the monitoring of annual call off purchase orders for specialist services and raise non stock order requisitions accordingly.
To support on the recruitment process for administration posts including short listing, interviewing, interview questions/test setting.
Monitor sickness absence for the Divisional Admin team and record for analysis and reporting via the Trust system.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

• If successful this vacancy will require a Standard DBS check at a cost of £21.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.

The post holder will demonstrate good organisational skills and have the ability to prioritise their own workload under pressure and use their own initiative and undertake additional work as required.
They must also be able to provide a courteous and diplomatic point for enquiries.
The post holder must be able to maintain a total level of confidentiality and be able to understand and act on complex information.
If you are reliable, discreet, and diplomatic and possess the qualities outlined above, we would like to hear from you.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you'll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four 'specialist' hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a 'specialist' hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values 'We Care, We Respect, We Listen' are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: 'Making a difference every day.' They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear, We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population., Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our diverse workforce. Our "two tick" kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
+ Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
+ NHS pension scheme membership
+ Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
+ NHS Staff discounts
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
+ Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice