Job overview

Main duties of the job

To provide professional, comprehensive and confidential administrative support to the relevant health professionals and their team.
This includes typing and formatting of correspondence, clinical 
letters, reports and policies from handwritten, dictated, paper, or electronic information in line with Trust corporate guidelines.
To work collaboratively with other administrative colleagues and 
support staff.

Audio-typing, copy typing and formatting of clinical letters and reports where follow up actions as required. 
appropriate; meeting timescales as directed by your line manager. 
To take minutes of meetings, type and distribute to all members of staff 
Word processing, which may include letter, memos, notes, record cards, messages and email communication. 
Collate, provide, receive and appropriately store (manually and electronically) sensitive and confidential information, 
Maintain administrative systems set up in team offices to ensure an organised and efficient working environment for staff. 
Responsible for assisting with the booking of team training and responsible for maintaining local training records 
Undertake reception duties if required. 
To attend meetings, training and briefing sessions appropriate to either your job specific role or, as a staff member of the Trust.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.  

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack.