Deputy office manager personal assistant

We’re looking for a self-motivated, energetic and competent candidate with previous experience, excellent PC and all-round secretarial skills including MS Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Used to working at a senior level within the NHS, you’re comfortable working within a high-pressure environment and prioritising your work to meet deadlines. Conscientious, self-motivated and able to engage with, and motivate others, you’re also familiar with data protection issues and patient confidentiality. This is a demanding role which will require an adaptable and flexible individual with a proven ability to prioritise their own workload and demands from senior colleagues. You should have an eye for detail and use the utmost discretion when dealing with any confidential matters. You’ll be an integral part of the team that is key to the successful delivery of the Patient Services agenda. Providing a professional, confidential and comprehensive secretarial and administration service to the Corporate Director of Nursing, you’ll be responsible for managing the diary and arranging, coordinating and minuting various meetings, alongside providing support to the Office Manager with line management of the Patient Services Administration Team. This is a rewarding and varied job with significant responsibility. You will enjoy working with a friendly, dedicated team who share your passion for delivering an extremely high standard of work with the focus on improving the standard of care we provide MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals community services from across Manchester, Trafford beyond, we champion collaborative working transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient staff experience, operational effectiveness driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022. We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination. Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [email protected]. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!