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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated individual to join the executive support function of the largest NHS Trust in England. 

The post holder will be responsible for providing  professional and efficient  clerical and administrative support the Director of Corporate Service/Trust Secretary and the Senior Executive Assistant to the Group Chief Executive. The role will involve the management of key office procedures,  coordination of Executive committees, and will require a high degree of organisational skills and excellent working knowledge of administrative systems. 

Main duties of the job

Provide efficient, high quality and comprehensive personal assistant support. Demonstrate good organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure, to use own initiative and undertake additional work as required.

Maintain a high professional standard of communication in person and on the telephone. The post holder is privilege to highly confidential and sensitive information and is expected to adopt the highest standards of professional conduct applying high levels of diplomacy and discretion.

Communicate on a day to day basis with staff at a very senior level internally and externally, i.e. Chairman, Chief Executive, Board Members, Corporate Directors, Hospital/MCS/LCO Chief Executives and Medical Directors, Consultants, Directors and other outside agencies.

• Executive diary management
• Meeting and committee coordination 
• Minute taking and action tracking
• Management of correspondence and communication

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.