Personal Assistant - SAC Division

This post is for internal candidates to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. If you are not currently working within The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
Job overview

We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic, exceptionally well organised, confident and personable Personal Assistant to support the Surgical, Anaesthetics & Critical Care (SACC) Division.

We are looking for an individuals who is conscientious, with excellent computer skills, who can work independently or part of a team. The ideal candidate will be proactive and have proven previous experience in supporting senior management a range of administrative tasks.

The successful post holder will work collaboratively to provide administrative support to all centres within the SAC Division, this includes working with operational and clinical colleagues to cover a variety of tasks. They need to have excellent communication skills and experience in Microsoft packages along with a range of bespoke hospital IT programmes

Predominantly based onsite at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital between two office locations. Flexible hours would be considered with the successful candidates to meet the needs of the service.

The post holder will be responsible for offering a comprehensive administrative and PA service including:

• To facilitate & coordinate meetings & events and all prevailing administrative duties including planning, agendas, take minutes (using paper & electronic methods), preparation of room & IT equipment, arrange venues/refreshments as required.
• To ensure that a high quality & timely admin support (utilising all Microsoft Office packages). This requires a high degree of keyboard skills, speed and accuracy.
• Process confidential information including the typing of reports, general correspondence, minutes, agendas etc.
• To develop and maintain appropriate bring forward systems for progress chasing, outstanding enquiries, comments & actions and be pro-active in utilising these systems.
• To take responsibility for own area of work, prioritising own workload and ensuring any areas of concerns are raised timely and appropriately.
• Managing payroll input and resolving queries
• Ordering and processing orders and invoices
• To ensure appropriate paper based & electronic filing systems are in place & ensure regular maintenance, in line with local and national legislation.
• Maintain personal files in regard to filing of all HR documentation including the production of highly sensitive documents that could relate to colleagues and other staff across the Divisions.

The role is predominantly based at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, but it is a requirement of the role that the post holder is able to travel to and work across all Trust sites.

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For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.