Secretarial Assistant-Huntingdon

We are looking for a new member of staff to join our friendly, dedicated secretarial team which support our busy clinicians within Rehabilitations Services: Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Nutrition & Dietetics and Speech & Language Therapy.

The successful candidate will provide full administrative support to include activities such as:

• Typing letters using an in house system and action once approved.
• Order stationary, medical supplies and uniform and distribute once arrived.
• Ensure all relevant information is filed appropriately and maintain efficient office filing system both paper and electronic
• Organise provision of rooms, audio visual equipment etc. for use at meetings and interviews, as instructed

If you are enthusiastic, motivated, reliable and efficient with excellent IT and communication skills then this could be the job for you. Whilst NHS experience would be helpful, it’s not essential, we’re happy to help familiarise you with the clinical environment.

There is a high proportion of typing within the role therefore touch typing and audio typing experience is essential, full training will be provided on the NHS systems. Attention to detail is paramount as is an ability to deal with sensitive information on a day to day basis.

We do need you to be willing and able to work across the two main hospital sites of Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon.

If you are and overseas candidate wishing to apply and would require sponsorship, you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a CoS for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website

• To provide typing, administrative and clerical support to ensure an effective and efficient service in line with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Contribute to the overall achievement of the secretarial team workload, providing cover as required.
• Band 2 staff are expected to work together to achieve standard tasks.
• In addition to managing standard tasks work will be allocated through the Secretarial Team Manager.
• Carry out detailed instructions seeking clarification where necessary.
• There are no responsibilities for line management of staff or budget control.

Our teams work hard to be flexible and promote a health work/home life balance and so, agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
• Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
• Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
• In-house Physiotherapy Services
• Career development and training opportunities
• Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
• Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
• Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

For further information on this post please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the role