Job summary
The Centralised Staffing Solutions team is looking to recruit friendly, team orientated individuals with experience of working in a busy environment.
Centralised Staffing Solutions supply a temporary workforce that support our clinical services covering community and inpatient services across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. We can offer a variety of locations including the City, Wigston/Oadby, Loughborough to name a few.
As a bank Team Secretary, Medical Secretary or PA, you will be playing a crucial part in helping us ensure continuous delivery of our services to our service users.
Our temporary staffing placements fill an immediate short-term need for services that require cover on weekdays; requirements are typically between 22.5 hours and 37.5 hours per week and placements will typically last between four and 12 weeks.
PLEASE NOTE. This post would be unsuitable for anyone seeking work outside of normal business hours such as evenings, nights, or weekends
Main duties of the job
To work as part of an administrative team providing temporary, high quality and co-ordinated support as specified within each temporary placement request.
About us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you like what you’ve read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you like what you’ve read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE English Language and Maths Grade 4 or above or equivalent qualifications.
- Where an equivalent qualification has been obtained please detail how this meets the minimum GCSE requirements in the supporting information section. I.e. Functional Skills Level 2 qualification in English is equivalent to a Grade 4 or above.
- RSA level III Typing or Word Processing or demonstrable experience of producing documents to a high standard.
- Medical Secretaries will require AMSPAR Certificate/equivalent qualification or equivalent knowledge of medical terminology.
Experience
Essential
- Previous secretarial/PA experience
- Personal Assistants should have proven diary management experience, able to compile and prepare reports and correspondence and experience of arranging and servicing complex multi-agency meetings/events.
- Ability to acclimate quickly with the capability to learn processes on the job and within a relatively short period of time.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience working with confidential and sensitive information.
- Excellent keyboard skills and in-depth working knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office packages.
- Ability to take and transcribe complex minutes.
- Ability to work under pressure within a busy office environment.
- Excellent team working abilities.
- Excellent organisational, time management and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the Service.
Desirable
- Experience of working in the NHS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE English Language and Maths Grade 4 or above or equivalent qualifications.
- Where an equivalent qualification has been obtained please detail how this meets the minimum GCSE requirements in the supporting information section. I.e. Functional Skills Level 2 qualification in English is equivalent to a Grade 4 or above.
- RSA level III Typing or Word Processing or demonstrable experience of producing documents to a high standard.
- Medical Secretaries will require AMSPAR Certificate/equivalent qualification or equivalent knowledge of medical terminology.
Experience
Essential
- Previous secretarial/PA experience
- Personal Assistants should have proven diary management experience, able to compile and prepare reports and correspondence and experience of arranging and servicing complex multi-agency meetings/events.
- Ability to acclimate quickly with the capability to learn processes on the job and within a relatively short period of time.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience working with confidential and sensitive information.
- Excellent keyboard skills and in-depth working knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office packages.
- Ability to take and transcribe complex minutes.
- Ability to work under pressure within a busy office environment.
- Excellent team working abilities.
- Excellent organisational, time management and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the Service.
Desirable
- Experience of working in the NHS
