211352 - Health Promotion Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Beckford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a Health Promotion Assistant to support their Senior Management Team. This role involves crucial administrative tasks, including managing schedules, correspondence, and coordinating meetings. The ideal candidate will possess excellent organizational and multitasking skills, along with strong interpersonal abilities. With a focus on health improvement projects, this part-time position offers an opportunity to contribute to meaningful healthcare initiatives while enjoying a supportive work environment. Join a team dedicated to patient care and professional growth, where your contributions will make a real difference.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

8 public holidays

NHS Pension Scheme

Paid sick leave

Occupational health services

Employee counselling services

Work-life balance policies

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years experience in secretarial work.
• Formal administrative/secretarial qualification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to Senior Management Team.
• Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, minutes, and reports.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Multitasking

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Time Management

Education

HNC/HND in Administration or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Databases

Desktop Publishing Software

Job description

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Client:

NHS Lanarkshire

Location:

Beckford, United Kingdom

Job Category:

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

3

Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

The Role

We are looking for a self-motivated Health Promotion Assistant to provide crucial administrative support to members of the Senior Management Team.
Key Responsibilities include:
. Working with Senior Managers to ensure delivery of health improvement projects.
. Acting as a Personal Assistant to Senior Management, managing schedules, correspondence and appointments.
. Supporting the team by coordinating meetings, preparing Agendas, Minutes and Reports.

The ideal candidate will have:
. Excellent organisational and multitasking skills
. Strong interpersonal and communication abilities
. Be proficient in all Microsoft Packages and minute taking

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

Postholders should possess a formal administrative/ secretarial qualification e.g. HNC/HND or equivalent experience, to be experienced in supervising staff, and ideally possess a full clean driving licence.

Excellent computer skills are essential across a range of software packages including word processing and databases. Desk top publishing skills are preferred.

The postholder should have experience of working in an environment which has required the following skill base -

Interpersonal

Multi-tasking

Time Management

Forward Planning

Initiative

The postholder should be a self-motivated team player who has a minimum of three years experience of secretarial work including general office administration.

Postholders will be required to undertake regular training and learning opportunities to ensure the knowledge and skills required for the post are up-to-date.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

It would be great if you also have

Previous experience in a Health Promotion setting

Previous experience of organising training

Knowledge of Child Healthy Weight and Adult Weight Management Programmes

Experience working in an environment which has required skills in communication, multi-tasking, time management, forward planning and using own initiative

Experience of Powerpoint, laptop, LCD and internet

Experience of using databases and creating reports

Desktop publishing skills preferred

Excellent organisational skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to prioritise own workload

Ability to work unsupervised when required

Contract type

Fixed Term or Secondment for 22 months

Part Time

14.8 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

Please note this is a fixed term post for 22 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Beckford Street Hamilton

The working pattern for this role Mon-Fri; 9:00-5:00 pro rata.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the )

Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

Occupational health services

Employee counselling services

Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our .