Job summary
Employer heading
Nursing PA
Band 4
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to join our team.
Urgent and Emergency Care (Emergency Department) are based on both the Bournemouth and Poole sites of University Hospitals Dorset. We are looking for a motivated, innovative and positive colleague to support us and our colleagues in enabling the delivery of high quality in the Emergency Department.
This opportunity is for a PA to work alongside and support our Nursing team and needs to be someone who is motivated, organised, is a successful communicator and can bring something new to the team.
Hours: Monday to Friday
Base Location Bournemouth & Poole
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Vocational level 3 qualification in related field or equivalent knowledge of administrative processes
Experience
Essential criteria
- PA/Secretarial Experience
- Experience of managing multiple diaries.
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable excellent typing ability
- Up to date minute-taking/action tracking skills
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Adaptable to change and working in a fast-paced environment
- Planning and organisational skills – be able to organise own workload, managing competing demands
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lesly Angus
- Job title
- Admin Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 4171
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