Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Personality Disorder Service specifically supporting the KUF pathway. KUF is The 2-day Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) training is an innovative learning opportunity for professionals working across criminal justice, health, social care, and voluntary sectors to support people with complex emotional needs, often associated with a diagnosis of 'personality disorder'. The training, commissioned by His Majesty's Prison & Probation Service and NHS England through the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway, is led and delivered by regional OPD Pathway partners. The KUF programme is co-facilitated and co-produced by trainers with lived experience and clinical expertise using a trauma-informed approach and is now available to join today.
Main duties of the job
You will work as part of a team providing high quality secretarial support. We are looking for someone with good secretarial/administrative skills. You will be highly motivated, well organised and be able to provide a high standard of secretarial support including taking accurate minutes of meetings, creating appointment letters and handling telephone enquiries. You will be working within a busy environment so prioritisation of your workload will be essential. You will have good communication skills and be able to converse with multi-disciplinary teams, service users and relatives. You will have the ability to make informed decisions regarding service enquiries within the boundaries of the role and to work on your own initiative. You will have a positive attitude towards the implementation of new systems and training.
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
To be equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team at recruitment.lypft@nhs.net. Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Word processing skills at RSA3 as standard or equivalent experience
Skills
* Competent use of the Microsoft Office package.
Experience
* Experience of arranging meetings, taking minutes and producing high quality minutes and reports, following through any actions of attendees.
* Ability to use communication skills
* Ability to use organisational skills
* A working knowledge of administration procedures
* Knowledge of Information Governance
* A working knowledge of IT systems and interfaces
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
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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