Personal Assistant to Senior Leadership Team

Integrated Care System; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a proactive Personal Assistant to provide essential support to the Senior Leadership Team. The ideal candidate will possess excellent IT skills, communication abilities, and the capacity to thrive under pressure. This role offers opportunities for flexible working and professional development within a dedicated team focused on improving healthcare services.

Qualifications

• Relevant work experience in a PA/secretarial role.
• Experience of working under pressure and to strict deadlines.
• Ability to work without direct supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the senior management team.
• Support the Senior Leadership Team in business management activities.
• Manage a comprehensive Personal Assistant support service.

Skills

Excellent IT skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Education

Business Administration NVQ Level 2

English Language GCSE or equivalent

Maths GCSE or equivalent

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Personal Assistant to Senior Leadership Team

The closing date is 27 July 2025

We are currently looking for a proactive, highly motivated individual with excellent IT skills, particularly in the use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, to provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support service to the senior management team.

We are looking for an excellent communicator who has outstanding organisational skills, able to use their own initiative, work well under pressure, able to manage workload on a daily basis and prioritise tasks.

You will need to provide high quality administrative and support services, and be able to function in a service area that requires flexibility, adaptability and commitment

Open only to applicants employed by Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, South Central Ambulance Service or Hampshire Hospitals FT.

Main duties of the job

To support the Senior Leadership Team within the Service in all aspects of business management activity, relating to functions and responsibilities, including the development and management of a comprehensive and efficient Personal Assistant support service. To provide line management of band 3 administrative staff.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Business Administration NVQ Level 2 or relevant experience English Language GCSE or equivalent Maths GCSE or equivalent experience

Experience

• Relevant work experience in a PA/secretarial role to a senior managerExperience of working as part of a collaborative team with shared cover arrangementsExperience of working without direct supervision
• Experience of working in an environment under pressure and to strict deadlines

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust