Pa to hospital director

We are looking for an organised, experienced Personal Assistant with a passion for making a difference to others to work alongside our Hospital Director at Cygnet Hospital Bury. You’ll be working 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday, helping ensure the safe and smooth running of services for the people in our care. Cygnet Hospital Bury provides a wide range of inpatient mental health services for men and women including specialist deaf services and CAMHS provision for adolescents. With us, you’ll have the chance to progress your career in a vibrant, supportive culture tailored to help you thrive. Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while being part of an organisation that cares about helping people. Your day-to-day... To provide a high quality secretarial and administrative service to the Hospital Director to ensure efficiency in patient care. To have an understanding and demonstrate the appropriate need for discretion, confidentiality and professionalism relating to all patients, clinicians professionals and staff. To record and prepare draft minutes of meetings, specifying decisions made and follow up action required for subsequent approval by the Hospital Director and any other necessary staff involved To handle telephone calls and face-to-face enquiries providing information and directing and prioritising queries as appropriate. Manage Hospital Director’s diary to ensure effective time management. Manage Hospital Director’s mail, responding where appropriate and directing/prioritising effectively. Attend meetings, as required, to ensure effective communication with all service users. Promote Deaf issues within the service and other professional settings. To abide by the communication policy of the service and to develop own sign language skills to CACDP level II Develop knowledge of the Deaf language, culture and community as a linguistic minority group. To champion Deaf access and accessibility around care, rights of treatment, and advocacy. Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you… Strong career progression opportunities Expert supervision support Employee referral scheme Pension scheme “Cycle to work” scheme employee discount saving You are... You have a minimum of 12 months P.A. experience. Flexible, organised, able to prioritise workloads, solve problems make decisions Calm under pressure can work under your own initiative A strong written verbal communicator with an eye for detail excellent interpersonal skills Highly proficient in the use of Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Windows the internet Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check. Cygnet has been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years. In this role you’ll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users their families.