Personal Assistant

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.

• The post holder will provide comprehensive admin support to the Knowsley/St Helens/Warrington/Halton Senior Leadership team.
• Provide base working only - supporting Microsoft Teams meetings and may be required to attend face to face meetings in either of the 4 boroughs.
• Manage diaries of the leadership team.
• Arrange internal and external meetings.
• Take comprehensive minutes: competent in taking live minutes in meetings, preparing for meetings in advance, chasing up outstanding actions, producing reports, etc.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Adhere to Trust Policies and Procedures at all times.
• Organise own workload and coordinate workload activities within the team.
• Be able to work to tight deadlines and withstand the pressure of a busy department, working on own initiative.
• Travel between sites may be required.
• Work with minimum supervision and demonstrate flexibility and initiative to contribute directly and positively to the organisation.

• Experienced Personal Assistant/Secretary.
• Competence in diary management and meeting arrangements.
• Competent in taking live minutes, preparing meetings, chasing actions, producing reports.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to policies.
• Capability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with colleagues in a busy environment.
• Adaptability, initiative, and the ability to meet tight deadlines.

• Disability Confident
  
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  guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who are disabled and meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role.
• Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
• Use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored; if you choose to use this, you must declare it on your application form.
• Minimum DBS update service subscription for those working in Children & Young People services (fee £16 per year).
• Applicants without a record of the previous identity may discuss with the DBS Sensitive Applications Team  or email [email protected]) after completing the DBS application form.
• Applicants requiring sponsorship should assess likelihood of obtaining sponsorship by consulting the  site ().
• New entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist; consider applying promptly.

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 commissioning services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health, 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.