Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Business Support/PA
The closing date is 14 April 2026
Are you a highly proficient administrator who wants to work with a Directorate team in supporting the provision of excellent care for Adults receiving support within the Hospitals and Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Division. An opportunity has risen for a skilled senior administrator/PA to join a small team who provide administrative and business support to the Head of Nursing, Clinical Governance Lead and senior nursing team.
The role is fast paced, providing support for a number of the processes that enable the efficient, safe, and effective running of the division, including patient safety incident reporting frameworks, experience and outcome compliance and responding to concerns and compliments.
The post is based at Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford with occasional requirement to travel to other sites throughout Surrey.
We are looking for someone who is proactive, flexible, conscientious, and highly organised.
Building working relationships with those you support, and those that they interface with both within and outside the Hospital and UEC division and SABP, will be key.
Must be fully confident in working with Outlook calendars and mail functions; and MS Teams for sharing documents - also with MS Word and Excel.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship with this role.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities include diary and correspondence Management, meeting coordination and documentation, confidentiality and information management, team support, induction support, oversight of trackers and other relevant tasks relating to the post.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job responsibilities
Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.
Person Specification
Experience
* Demonstrable experience working as a Senior Administrator or Executive PA
* Experience of taking and transcribing accurate minutes
Qualifications
* Degree/Post Graduate Diploma in administrative/management related subject or demonstrable experience in a senior administrative or Executive PA role
* RSA 3 in Typewriting, or equivalent demonstrable competence, Shorthand or Speedwriting
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
£32,602 to £39,686 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.
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