Team Secretary - Worthing, United Kingdom - Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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    Team Secretary - Band 3 - NHS Sussex Partnership Trust - Dementia Service Team - hours/ week (9 AM - 5 PM - Monday to Friday)

    An opportunity has arisen for an adaptable individual to join our service as a Team Secretary within Dementia and Older People Mental Health Service.

    As a successful candidate you will have to provide efficient and pro-active secretarial/admin support to the consultants and other team members.

    Main duties of the job

    You will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be able to prioritize and adapt to constant demands on the workload as well as to demonstrate the ability to work as a team post holder is responsible for carrying out general administrative duties; work within set routines, policies and procedures to provide a comprehensive high quality service to the unit, and able to deal efficiently and courteously with patients and staff enquiries. Relevant experience working within an administration team is essential.

    Essential skills required for the post include - the ability to prioritize tasks, effective time management skills; excellent IT and secretarial skills; good communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.

    About us

    Sussex Partnership Trust has an extensive training and development program and you will be supported to use this to develop your potential.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    You will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be able to prioritize and adapt to constant demands on the workload as well as to demonstrate the ability to work as a team post holder is responsible for carrying out general administrative duties; work within set routines, policies and procedures to provide a comprehensive high quality service to the unit, and able to deal efficiently and courteously with patients and staff enquiries. Relevant experience working within an administration team is essential.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • NVQ 3 or equivalent
  • RSA 3 or equivalent experience and evidence of further practical experience or equivalent
  • Good standard of secondary education; GCSE at Grade C or above or equivalent
  • Knowledge/Experience

    Essential

  • Proven experience of a range of secretarial procedures
  • Experience of producing documents to a high standard of presentation with good accuracy
  • Experience of maintaining office systems
  • Experience of working as part of a team