Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: Full Time
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 323-AC9544-JN-C
- Employer
- Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Peter's Hospital
- Town
- Chertsey
- Salary
- £26,405 - £28,976 pa inc. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
PA to Director and Head of Midwifery
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
The Director and Head of Midwifery are recruiting for a PA to provide them administrative support.
The Maternity Department are looking for a enthusiastic and experienced PA to support the Director and Head of Midwifery in administrative tasks to deliver the strategic objectives of the division.
The ideal successful candidate will be an experienced Personal Assistant, highly organised in order to meet tight deadlines with excellent diary management and meeting scheduling skills and liaising with the different stakeholders effectively and professional.
Flexible working patterns are encouraged and will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will:
- Provide comprehensive confidential and professional administrative and secretarial service to the Maternity Management team.
- Ensuring that all work is dealt with promptly and efficiently and in accordance with the Trust’s Policies and Procedures. A high degree of sensitivity and confidentiality is required.
- Support The Director and Head of Midwifery in delivery of Divisional strategic projects.
Support Divisional and Specialty Governance meetings with minute taking and action logs.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
Please see the supporting links which you can find on the right-hand side of this job advert. There is guidance on how to make an application on NHS Jobs as well as more information about joining the ASPH Team
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the JD & PS for detailed responsibilities of the role.
The division embrace a healthy work life balance, and working hours can be discussed at interview.
Person specification
Attitude, Behaviour and Values
Essential criteria
- • Able to communicate within an MDT team and outside agencies, Customer service focus • Willing and able to take personal responsibility • Demonstrates passion for excellence • Seeks out and takes opportunities for improving the service offered • Takes pride in their work and their team • Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives • Respects, values and cares for others • Supports learning and development of self and others • Supports and promotes equality and diversity
Qualifications and Further Training
Essential criteria
- • Secretarial training qualification (e.g. RSA, BTEC) • NVQ Level 4 or equivalent qualifications and/or training
- Maths and English GCSE or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Significant administrative experience. • Handling enquiries from the public and other departments, able to mange complex diaries and emails, Ability to work under pressure • Ability to deal with confidential issues
Desirable criteria
- Maternity department experience, NHS experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate, in relation to patients, visitors, colleagues and other individuals connected with the Trust and NHS: • You have knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights as appropriate to your role • You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role High level of computer literacy • Word processing • Database use • Outlook • Excel • Power Point
- Be confident in organising agendas and meetings, and minute taking/completing action logs
Other
Essential criteria
- • Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy • Good personal presentation • Cheerful and confident • Reliable and dependable • Flexible • Treat patients, visitors, colleagues with respect • Ability to travel between Trust sites • Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Leacock
- Job title
- ASM - Maternity
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01932 722702
- Additional information
For informal conversations please contact Julie Leacock on 01932 722702
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