Personal Assistant

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Southampton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly organised Personal Assistant to support members of the Senior Leadership Team in the Secure, Acute and Crisis Division. You will manage complex diaries, coordinate meetings and prepare reports, and act as a key contact for internal and external stakeholders.

You will work independently, maintain confidentiality and build effective relationships across the organisation in a fast-paced environment.

Job description

We are seeking a highly organised, proactive and professional Personal Assistant to provide comprehensive support to members of the Senior Leadership Team within the Secure, Acute and Crisis Division.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the smooth and effective operation of senior management functions, delivering high-quality administrative and business support. This will include managing complex diaries, coordinating meetings and events, preparing correspondence and reports, and acting as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders., The post holder is responsible for providing high level secretarial support and an efficient and comprehensive PA and administrative service. This includes full diary and inbox management, project management and ensuring effective organisation of their commitments across a full range of duties. To work as a team member for the Secure, Acute and Crisis Senior Leadership Team in a flexible and process driven way in a team focused environment.

You will be able to work independently, manage competing priorities, maintain confidentiality, and build effective working relationships across the organisation. The role requires excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to anticipate the needs of senior leaders in a fast-paced environment.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced PA who enjoys working as part of a professional team and contributing to the effective delivery of services across the Secure, Acute and Crisis Division., This is a very busy environment with multiple demands and therefore the Personal Assistant must be able to work under pressure and be able to multi-task. The post holder must be able to recognise the importance of confidentiality and sensitivity of issues and at all times is able to act using the upmost discretion.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence