Team Secretary - West Adult Learning Disability Team

Main area Administration Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Work pattern
- Thursdays and Fridays) Job  

Site Kernow Building Town Pool Salary £25,760 - £27,476 Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/10/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are looking for a motivated and organised Team Secretary to join our friendly West Adult Learning Disability Team. In this important role, you will provide high-quality secretarial and administrative support, helping to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the service.

You will deliver a responsive and professional administrative service, managing a range of secretarial and office tasks, ensuring requests are completed accurately and in a timely manner. The role involves maintaining effective communication with colleagues, service users, carers, and partner agencies, while always upholding the highest standards of confidentiality.

As a valued member of the administrative team, you will work collaboratively with colleagues and provide support and cover for other administrative and clerical staff when required, helping to maintain continuity of service.

This post forms part of the West Adult Learning Disability Team's administration team and is specifically required to provide cover on Thursdays and Fridays.

Acting as a pivotal role for all communication with the team, patients/relatives/carers, medical staff.

Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload which can be pressured and require a high level of concentration.

Be a trained or willing to undertake training to be a first aider and fire warden for the team.

Electronic ordering and requisitioning of stationery and equipment in conjunction with the admin lead.

To provide a high quality, efficient and confidential secretarial service to the team, facilitating effective communication at all times, which includes letters, reports and minutes of meetings.

To maintain diaries of engagement for meetings and appointments where appropriate for the team, including out of county meetings and appointments.

To update and record information onto the Trusts electronic systems and unit databases as require within Trust key target times.