Personal Assistant

Elysium Healthcare; Failsworth; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Personal Assistant to support the Hospital Director at All Saints Hospital. This varied role includes managing diaries, coordinating reports, and handling travel arrangements. The ideal candidate will have significant administrative experience, excellent communication skills, and be highly organised. Benefits include a competitive salary, generous leave, and professional development opportunities. Join a team dedicated to providing exceptional mental health services.

Benefits

Annual base salary of £28,040

33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Career development and training

Wellbeing support and activities

Access to Blue Light Card

Life Assurance

Pension contribution

Free/subsidised meals and parking

Qualifications

• Significant administration experience at executive and senior management level.
• Proactive, organised, and friendly with professional approach.
• Adaptable writing style according to audience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate diaries and schedule management meetings.
• Handle travel and accommodation arrangements.
• Process expenses and invoices efficiently.

Skills

Organisational skills

Excellent communication skills

Diary and time management

Computer literate

Job description

Overview

If you’re an experienced and proactive Personal Assistant (PA) who is looking for a rewarding and varied role that will make good use of your organisational skills, then join the team at All Saints Hospital in Oldham as a Personal Assistant to the Hospital Director.

As the PA to the Hospital Director, you will support with a variety of tasks including diary / meeting management, co‑ordinating report submissions to the board, putting together presentations and liaising with internal and external stakeholders.

You will need to be proactive, organised and approachable with a can‑do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Effective co‑ordination of diaries, scheduling and administration for regular management meetings including note‑taking and action trackers
• Information sharing across teams
• Travel and accommodation arrangements
• Produce presentations
• Occasional travel may be required
• Processing expenses, invoices and credit card reconciliation
• General administrative tasks – post, filing, dealing with telephone enquiries
• Provide holiday and absence cover for other PAs / EAs

Qualifications

• Have significant administration experience at executive and senior management level (Board experience would be an advantage)
• Be highly organised with a friendly and professional approach
• Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to adapt writing style according to audience
• Work positively and flexibly across a range of tasks simultaneously
• Be computer literate
• Have excellent diary and time management skills
• Work independently and be a team player
• Have a high level of confidentiality and discretion
• Have a passion for supporting others, with a caring nature and resilience

Benefits

• Annual base salary of £28,040
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely‑Vate; Your one‑stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work‑life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support
• 24 / 7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
• Pension contribution, to help secure your future
• Free / subsidised meals and onsite / local free parking

Location

159 Grange Avenue, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 4EF

All Saints Hospital is a specialist Mental Health service for people who are D / deaf or have complex communication needs. It is a culturally sensitive service which has been created to provide support and rehabilitation with care and intervention from both deaf and hearing members of staff.

You will be working at a multidisciplinary team at All Saints Hospital which have self‑contained flats for men over 18 years old, to help them move along their care pathway to more independent living.

About your next employer

Elysium Healthcare has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.