Personal Assistant

Main area

Hosted Services

Grade

Band 4

Contract

12 months (Fixed term/Secondment)

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Office hours)

Job ref

236-HOS-AC681-23-E

Site

Northern Care Alliance, Salford Royal Hospital

Town

Salford

Salary

£26,530 - £29,114 per annum

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

03/12/2024 23:59

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Personal Assistant to support the REACHE Team, providing administrative and general office support.

We are looking for candidates who are conscientious, highly motivated, friendly and are able to work as part of the team.

As a PA you will be working closely with Senior management to provide effective, confident and efficient administration service.  You will need excellent communication and organisational skills, along with the ability to build relationships.

Previous applicant need not to apply.

REACHE are unable to provide sponsorship.

Must be confident using Microsoft Outlook diary management with substantial experience of minute taking. 

To be the first point of contact for telephone, emails and face to face enquiries.

To provide diary and email management, arrange appointments, meetings/events and interviews.

To prepare agendas, book rooms and take minutes.

To order and maintain equipment/ stationary stocks.

To maintain internal filing and systems to effectively manage workloads.

Reache NW, established 20 years ago, has delivered Occupational English education and PLAB success for overseas qualified Refugee, Asylum Seeker, Evacuee Doctors, Nurses and allied health professionals and placed them into NHS jobs. Over 600 doctors and AHPs have passed through our programme. 

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.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

• Use of Microsoft Offices including teams
• GCSE (English / Maths) or equivalant
• Business Administration e.g. NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience
  

• RSA 2 qualification

• Experience of effective diary management
• Experience of organising and minute taking

• Previous experience of working as a PA

• Managing own workload and competing deadlines
• Able to deal with sensitive issues in a confidential manner
• Organisational skills and time management skills
• Ability to work as a team
• Motivated, flexible and proactive

• Ability to work quickly and accurately, using own initiative in relaying complex information.
• Previous experience of working in an NHS organisation

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met. 

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]

For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.

In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process. 

Keep up to date with the latest job opportunities and information across the Northern Care Alliance by following us on Twitter and Facebook: @NCACareersNHS 

Supporting Documents

• REACHE - Personal Assistant (PDF, 440.6KB)
• PA - Functional requirement (PDF, 136.6KB)
• Sponsorship & eVisa Information (PDF, 141.8KB)
• Secondment Application (PDF, 112.8KB)
• Candidate Information Pack - Non-Clinical Roles (PDF, 1.4MB)

Further Details/ Informal Visits Contact

Name

Sitia Kroah

Job title

HR Advisor

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

0161 206 4201

Additional information

Line manager:

Chris Gilliver available Monday to Friday 09.00 to 17.00 

[email protected]

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