Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, well-motivated individual to join our within our Theatres, Anaesthetics and Critical Care Group as a Band 3 Care Group Secretary. The hours are 30 per week working between Monday to Friday, based in SGH.
1. Main duties will include diary management.
2. Collation and distribution of agendas/minutes and supporting papers and attending meetings to take meeting notes.
3. Organising internal and external meetings as required including booking venues, liaising with other teams and issuing meeting invitations.
4. Managing busy and varied workloads.
5. Ensure effective communication is maintained.
6. Have a flexible/adaptable approach to work in order to meet deadlines.
7. Ensure attention to detail is maintained at all times.
8. Enthusiasm, high motivation, excellent organisational and communication skills are essential along with the ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team.
Main duties of the job
9. Main duties will include diary management.
10. Organising internal/external meetings as required including booking venues, liaising with other teams and issuing meeting invitations.
11. Collation and distribution of agendas/minutes and supporting papers and attending meetings to take meeting notes.
12. Managing busy and varied workloads.
13. Ensure effective communication is maintained.
14. Have a flexible/adaptable approach to work in order to meet deadlines.
15. Ensure attention to detail is maintained at all times.
16. Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team.
17. Enthusiasm, high motivation, excellent organisational and communication skills are essential.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
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Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
18. RSA III or equivalent
19. Good general level of education to GCSE in English and Maths
20. NVQ Level 2 Business Administration or acquired equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
21. NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent qualification
22. IT qualifications
Occupational Experience
Essential criteria
23. Experience of working in a busy customer focused office environment
24. Experience of scheduling appointments and diary management
Desirable criteria
25. Experience of working in the NHS
26. A minimum of 12 months experience in an administrative / secretarial role
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