- Educated to GCSE Level or equivalent. Maths and English at C or above – or equivalent qualification/demonstrable experience.
- RSA/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent (55 wpm typing)
- ECDL qualification
- Knowledge of data protection and confidentiality requirements
- Knowledge of office system
- Some experience of working as a Junior Secretary or Administration Assistant
- Experience of setting up office systems and processes
- Experience of liaising with a range of colleagues at all levels
- Experience of working in healthcare environment
- Able to work to deadlines, juggling priorities
- Excellent planning and organisation skills
- Skilled minute/note taker
- Organisational skills and ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
- Clear and accurate communication skills and ability to be sensitive to the needs of others
- Flexible adaptable and 'can do' approach to adapt to rapidly changing priorities and a variety of tasks
Secretary - Warrington, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Job overview
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to be part of a new service development in Cheshire and Merseyside Region?
The Specialist Community Forensic Team has recently been commissioned to work with key stakeholders and partner agencies to enhance community provision for people who are autistic or who have a learning disability.
To support the daily operations of the service, the team are looking for a secretary/administrator who is enthusiastic and person centred. They will provide a high quality service that is innovative in practise.
Main duties of the job
The Specialist Community Forensic Team is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Nursing, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Psychology and Psychiatry.
As the secretary/administrator you will provide a comprehensive, efficient and modern administrative/secretarial service within the Service.
The working hours for this post will be Monday to Friday between 0900hrs – 1700hrs, based in the team's office at Hollins Park.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide secretarial and administrative support to the department using various software applications and systems used with Merseycare trust.
In addition, as the secretary/administrator for the service you will receive regular supervision to support you with your work. Your professional development is important and is expected to lead to enhancements in client experience and service delivery.
Please see job description and Person Specification for further details.
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