Patient Safety Administrative Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced individual to join our Patient Safety Team, to provide comprehensive, professional and effective administrative support. The successful candidate will support the delivery of the Patient Safety Team's aims and objectives during an exciting time of change, as patient safety is a key focus for our Trust. The role offers variety from general administration duties, facilitator support and co-ordination of a variety of events. In addition there will be a number of learning opportunities available to them. The Patient Safety Administration Assistant provides an essential, high quality administration support function in relation to all patient safety work. The role will require regular contact with staff from departments within the Trust across both York and Scarborough sites, and external clients with both routine and complex information, some of which may be confidential Main duties:

• Communicates with a range of contacts, for example, staff from other departments and external clients, concerning both routine and complex information, some of which maybe be confidential.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in planning workload and the ability to use their own initiative when supporting training days, hiring venues, planning diaries.
• Be required to prioritise own work and make judgements in relation to, for example, resolving conflicting diary appointments and/or meeting arrangements.
• Administration of key meetings
• To be responsible for the administrative preparation of agenda and papers for Trust patient safety committees and meetings, taking minutes and action notes as required. Dealing with actions arising from meetings and liaising with appropriate staff as necessary., As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment. COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages. A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description. Working for the Trust Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submityour application at the earliest opportunity. Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.