Personal Assistant | South NHS Foundation Trust

Personal Assistant | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Employer:

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust

Location:

Preston, PR5 6UP

Pay:

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

15/03/2026

An exciting post for a Personal Assistant (PA) to join the Bed Management and Patient Flow Service.

Working as part of a team the post holder will support the provision of a high quality secretarial and administrative service to the Leadership Team and wider network when required.

You will be a conscientious and enthusiastic team player with excellent organisational and communication skills with an accomplished secretarial background.

The ability to manage your time, organise and prioritise your workload is essential to the role.

You will need to be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of confidentiality issues and to respond to queries within and outside of the organisation in a professional and empathetic manner using your own judgement and decision making skills.

You must be able to clearly and accurately convey information verbally gathered via the telephone and from both verbal and documented reports.

The post holder will have responsibility for meeting scheduling, minute taking and general administration for the Leadership Team within this Service.

We are looking for a candidate with a positive, flexible, ‘can do’ attitude, who is comfortable with changing priorities and multi-tasking.

They ideally will have proven administrative experience including maintaining office systems and experience of Microsoft Outlook diary management, together with a track record of working effectively under pressure and meeting deadlines.

Ideally, you will have NHS administrative experience to help you in understanding the organisation context and experience of supporting a Leadership Team in a large organisation.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce.

We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing.

We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

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