Senior Administrator​/PA

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Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation.

Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

We are looking for a highly organised, proactive Senior Administrator / Personal Assistant to provide high-level, confidential support to the Associate Medical Directors within NELFT's Acute & Rehabilitation Directorate.

This is a pivotal role at the heart of our inpatient medical services, supporting senior clinical leaders who oversee adult and older adult inpatient teams, crisis and liaison services, and wider multidisciplinary medical teams across the directorate. You will act as a key point of contact for medical staff, internal services and external partners, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations and effective communication.

• Managing complex diaries, correspondence and meeting arrangements for Associate and Deputy Associate Medical Directors
• Preparing agendas, papers and taking formal minutes for high-level meetings
• Acting as the first point of contact for medical staffing queries within the directorate
• Supporting medical workforce processes including locum requests, rota coordination, annual/study leave and onboarding
• Maintaining accurate medical workforce lists and establishment data
• Coordinating recruitment, induction, appraisals and governance activity for medical teams
• Working closely with HR, Finance, IT and other corporate teams to ensure services run safely and efficiently
• Handling highly sensitive and confidential information with professionalism and discretion
• Supporting medical away days, learning events and directorate meetings

This role requires someone who can work autonomously, manage competing priorities and remain calm under pressure in a fast-paced clinical environment

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time).

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

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