Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative Services
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (na)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (na)
- Job ref
- 350-SC7415047-B
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Anita Samuels Centre
- Town
- Huyton
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/09/2025
Employer heading
Team Secretary
Band 3
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Specialist Pathway and Risk Consultation Service (SPaRCS), as a Band 3 Team Secretary. This role will provide administration and secretarial support to our clinical team based at the Anita Samuels Centre.
We are a small, multi-disciplinary team with a
range of clinical experience and specialist knowledge supporting professionals working with service users open to Mersey Care services.
The hours are full time 37.5 hours per week, working Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. We also offer a hybrid working model and support flexible working arrangements.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have excellent communication and organisational skills.
A Business Administration Level 3 or equivalent is essential as is experience of working with information systems. Proven relevant experience of working in an administrative role. Demonstrable organisational and time management skills, audio typing skills, good written, verbal and nonverbal skills.
Successful applicants will be able to organise their own workload and co-ordinate workload activities with the clinical team. There is a need to be
able to work to tight deadlines and withstand the pressure of a busy department and it is essential that you are able to work on your own initiative
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full detail and main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Business Administration Level 3 or equivalent.
- IT skills and experience.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
- ECDL
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Proven relevant experience of working in an administrative role.
- Demonstrable organisational and time management skills.
- Audio typing skills.
- Good written, verbal and non-verbal skills.
Desirable criteria
- Experience & knowledge of people who experience mental health issues.
- Experience of working in a healthcare environment.
- PowerPoint presentation
- Cashier experience.
- Minute taking experience.
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly to meet service need.
- Ability to use initiative and maintain a positive and professional attitude.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to prioritise work with minimum supervision.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to people with tact and diplomacy.
- Willingness to work in a secure setting.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lorraine Rock
- Job title
- Clinical and Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 351 8490
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