Personal Assistant

Applications are invited for a motivated and experienced Personal Assistants to provide responsive, effective, reliable and high-quality administrative support to the Senior Leads of the Inpatients South Locality CBU. You will be working alongside one other Personal Assistants, supporting the Senior Leads of the CBU.
The post holder will provide Personal Assistant support to Senior Clinical Staff by way of diary management, typing, minute taking live minutes alongside agreed cover arrangement actions during leave.

The ideal candidate should have excellent communication, customer service and organisational skills, minute taking experience as well as a working knowledge of office procedures including IT skills.
You should currently hold the required level of qualifications, as outlined in the Essential Criteria of the Personal Specification or be able to evidence working admin experience over the last two years. If you do not meet this criteria you may not be shortlisted.
Please get in touch - we look forward to hearing from you., The following core skills and experience are essential to the post:
+ Deliver first class customer service and thrive in a busy environment
+ Have excellent verbal and written skills, and communicate professionally and effectively at all levels both within and outside the Trust
+ Be confident in prioritising and negotiating conflicting workloads and manage their time accordingly
+ Evidence exceptional organisational skills, a flexible approach to work, experience of accurate, high volume minute taking and reliable diary management
+ Be a proficient audio typist
+ Be able to work as a team
+ Have previous secretarial experience or equivalent
+ Have excellent IT skills and be confident in using all Microsoft Packages
+ Act on their own initiative and demonstrate a high degree of confidentiality and discretion
+ Have excellent minute taking experience
The post holder will also undertake additional duties such as ordering supplies, requesting repairs and updating rotas and duty sheets. This list is not exhaustive.

We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).

We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, 'I've seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.' We're on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Opportunities for you
Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we've got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.
We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there's lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.
+ Cultural diversity staff network
+ Disabled staff network
+ LGBT+ staff network
We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:
+ Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Association
+ Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
+ Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.
Always improving
CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We're always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?