Role Summary
The post holder will be expected to provide administrative and secretarial support to the WEB Community Health & Social Care Teams and Managers.
- To provide a good quality professional secretarial and administration service to the Community Teams
- Specifically, this post will work with colleagues and team leaders to ensure that they provide a professional, efficient, accurate and timely service
- Ensure all information is secure and confidentiality of information is maintained at all times
- Provide excellent customer care which may include communication with distressed and anxious patients and relatives, treating them with tact and empathy
- To provide support/cover to Community Admin staff within the team
- Ensure the professional image of the Trust is maintained at all times
About the Role
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
Are you looking for an interesting and varied role which provides excellent grounding for future career development?
The Woodbury, Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton Health and Social Care Team are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly team player with a positive can-do attitude to join their team. You will work closely with the Clinical and Management Teams to provide excellent secretarial and administrative support to allow them to have patient focus.
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the ability to work well under pressure, to prioritise the demands of a busy environment, and manage their time and workload effectively. Excellent administration/ secretarial skills are essential, as well as a good understanding of customer relations. You will regularly be required to deal with queries from a wide range of staff groups. You will have the ability to work as part of a team working flexibly across the various Community Teams to achieve common goals.
Job share considered
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 08:30 - 16:30
Interview Date: Thursday 12th January 2023
For further information please contact: Tina Slade Tel: 01395 282050
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
