The Role
We are looking for a motivated Health Promotion Assistant to join our team, focusing on Oral Health initiatives and providing essential administrative support to a senior member of our management team.
The postholder contributes to the development and operational delivery of a wide range of Health Promotion projects and programmes in line with the Department Business Plan and under the leadership of a Senior Health Promotion Officer.
The postholder holds responsibility for the personal secretarial support provided to one team within the Department and provides a Personal Assistant role to the Assistant Health Promotional Manager and or Senior Health Promotion Officer.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
* Postholders should possess a formal administrative/ secretarial qualification e.g. HNC/HND or equivalent experience, to be experienced in supervising staff, and ideally possess a full clean driving licence.
* Excellent computer skills are essential across a range of software packages including word processing and databases. Desk top publishing skills are preferred.
* The postholder should have experience of working in an environment which has required the following skill base -
Communication – oral/written
Interpersonal
Multi-tasking
Time Management
Forward Planning
Initiative
* The postholder should be a self-motivated team player who has a minimum experience of secretarial work including general office administration.
* Postholders will be required to undertake regular training and learning opportunities to ensure the knowledge and skills required for the post are up-to-date.
It would be great if you also have
* Previous experience in a Health Promotion setting
* Previous experience of organising training
* Knowledge of Child Healthy Weight and Adult Weight Management Programmes
* Experience of Powerpoint, laptop, LCD and internet
* Experience of using databases and creating reports
* Desktop publishing skills preferred
* Excellent organisational skills
* Excellent communication skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Ability to prioritise own workload
* Ability to work unsupervised when required
Contract type
Fixed Term or Secondment for 2 year
Part Time
22.5 hours
Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
Please note this is a fixed term post for 2 year. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in Health Promotion within Beckford St
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Elaine Gilmour, Operational Support Supervisor on Elaine.Gilmour@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Adnan Saddique, Recruitment Administrator on adnan.saddique@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
* A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
* A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
* Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension )
* Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
* Occupational health services
* Employee counselling services
* Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage .
Additional Information for Applicants
* Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.
We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk .
Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.
From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced. Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.
NHS Lanarkshire will implement this change but it may not be possible to fully transition from 1 April and there may therefore be some areas of the organisation where implementation may take longer. If the department is currently unable to safely accommodate the reduced hours from 1st April, you may be required to work 37.5 hours per week until the department can meet the requirements without impacting patient safety - you will, of course, be remunerated accordingly. NHS Lanarkshire is committed to full implementation of the 37 hour working week across all areas as soon as it is safe to do so.
NHS Lanarkshire Recruitment Website
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