Overview
The role
The post holder is required to provide a full administrative and secretarial service to a multi disciplinary team including the management of information systems and the co-ordination of the clinical referral system.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
Responsibilities
* Provide a full administrative and secretarial service to a multi disciplinary team including the management of information systems and the co-ordination of the clinical referral system.
Qualifications
* RSA3/SVQ3/NC in Secretarial Studies or equivalent.
* Proficient IT Skills which include a working knowledge of Microsoft office packages.
* Excellent organisation skills and the ability to prioritise and work on own initiative.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Excellent time management skills.
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Minimum requirement of two years secretarial experience in an equivalent position.
Desirable additional skills
* Possess or be working towards ECDL or equivalent.
* Previous experience in health care/social care setting.
* Experience of handling sensitive information.
* Proficient in audio typing.
Contract, hours and location
Contract type: Permanent
Full time: 37 hours
Location: Based in Mental Health/Community within Hunter Health Centre.
Working pattern: TBC.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
How to learn more
Looking to find out more? If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Sandra Leggate, Assistant Operational Services Manager on sandra.leggate2@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk, 01698 752686.
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Anna Zastawnik-Baran, Recruitment Administrator on Anna.Zastawnik-Baran@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Benefits
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
* A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
* A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
* Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits
* Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
* Occupational health services
* Employee counselling services
* Work-life Balance policies and procedures
Additional information for applicants
* Posts close at midnight on the indicated date. If there are a high level of interest, we may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
* For help to complete an application on Jobtrain please follow the link: https://www.careers.nhs.scot/how-to-apply/application-process/
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* Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments
NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
* Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) or similar tools to generate or modify responses is discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work.
Right to Work within the UK
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk. Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire. Some posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.
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