Band 5 Office Manager - Supportive and Palliative Care

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Office Manager within the Supportive and Palliative Care Team. The post holder will provide comprehensive administrative support to the Lead Nurse for the service. The post holder will be a key member of the team and will also provide managerial support for the Team Secretaries that are currently in post by completing regular appraisals, 1:1 meetings and sickness reviews. The post-holder will be a trustworthy, organised, and enthusiastic individual with significant previous administrative experience. This is a rewarding role where no two days are the same.

The post holder will primarily be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital site; however, the team does cover the Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital sites and the post holder may be required to work and attend meetings on either of those other sites.

This is a 37.5 hour post, PA to Lead Nurse/Divisional Matron

-Line Management of Team Secretaries

-Diary management, booking and arranging meetings, taking minutes and distributing these

-Raising purchase orders on the Trust's finance system

-Typing of HR letters

-Ordering

-Adhering to confidentiality

-Assisting with recruitment and completion of relevant HR forms

-Assisting with Allocate/ Healthroster (Trust system)

-Keeping and updating a record of staff training

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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