School in Reach Senior Secretary

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) School In-Reach (SIR) Service, working primarily with the East CAMH SIR team and collaboratively with SIR teams across the region. The service is committed to promoting mental health and emotional well‑being in children and young people.

• Deliver a high-quality, efficient, and confidential administrative and personal assistant service.
• Serve as a central point of contact for senior management colleagues.
• Independently manage and prioritise a diverse range of tasks using sound judgement, secretarial expertise, and advanced IT skills to meet evolving service and organisational needs.
• Coordinate meetings, support conference and event arrangements, and take accurate notes and minutes.
• Assist with confidential HR‑related tasks including job planning, supervision, recruitment processes, staff training records, and monthly report collation.
• Ensure the timely and professional completion of all relevant documentation.
• Contribute to service marketing and networking efforts, including the development of newsletters, promotional materials, and monitoring of social media platforms.
• Work remotely, with travel between service bases as necessary, and communicate effectively with colleagues across BCUHB, local authorities and education school communities.
• Welsh language skills are desirable and would be considered advantageous.

Joining Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, you will be part of the largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000 across North Wales. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

• NVQ Business Administration L4 or equivalent experience or City & Guilds (AMSPAR) Level 3 Diploma in Medical administration or equivalent medical secretary experience.
• RSA/OCR Level 3 or equivalent typing qualification.
• Competent user of Microsoft applications.

• Experience of coordinating administration activities.
• Experience of working as a medical secretary.
• Experience of organising workload and people.
• Minute‑taking experience.

• Excellent communication skills.
• Advanced typing skills.
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Excellent organisational skills.

• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Experience with ESR Self‑Service or equivalent platform (desirable).

• Good team‑working ethic.
• Enthusiasm and commitment.
• Proactive and positive attitude.

• Must be able to travel between sites as required by the post.
• Welsh speaker (desirable).

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Administrative

Hospitals and Health Care

BCUHB promotes equality and diversity. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English. We are a Disability Confident Employer.