secretary Maidstone, England
Job description
An opportunity has arisen to recruit an experienced Personal Assistant/Secretary to support the Clinical Director and Directorate Team in Ophthalmology.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and professional PA/Secretary who has excellent organisational and communication skills. This would be an ideal opportunity to progress your career within the NHS.
You must be a proficient minute taker with excellent keyboard skills, a detailed understanding of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) and previous experience managing busy diaries.
You will be required to manage your own workload whilst working within the Directorate team.
Previous experience working in the NHS would be an advantage but not essential.
Part time or job share would be considered.
We are looking for a committed individual with good organisational skills who would enjoy working with the Ophthalmology Management team. The individual would need to be able to be able to work under their own initiative.
The Individual would be responsible for providing secretarial support to the Clinical Director, Clinical Leads, Matrons and operational management team.
Good communication, problem solving and IT skills are essential. An ability to work within a busy environment would be a requirement to fulfil this role. You would be required to work autonomously on occasions.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 500,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ over 6,500 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atstandard level.
We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression. We take equality and diversity seriously and seek to empower all diverse groups within our trust. We seek to develop a culture where diversity in all its forms is celebrated. We are committed to ensuring that women are empowered to work at all levels of management and that working patterns are as flexible as possible giving all members of staff opportunity to flourish in using their skills for our patients. We work across our trust to enable those who consider themselves to have a disability both visible and invisible to have access to all they need to thrive in their work environment. We work with Stonewall to embed an inclusive and accepting culture for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff. We have 78 nationalities working in our trust and we are proud of this. We are active in embracing the ethnic and cultural diversity in our trust. We work to empower people with any protected characteristic to have opportunities to work in an environment that helps them to contribute to the best of their ability, recognising and valuing the unique contributions each of us brings for best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to supporting the delivery of the Equality Act with zero tolerance for any discrimination, harassment or victimisation of applicants and staff with these protected characteristics
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Interview Date: Wednesday 20th April 2022
