Job Overview Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment We have a fantastic opportunity for a Business Assistant to join our Mental Health Team who support people with mental health difficulties across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland based at the Braunstone Health and Social Care Centre. As a Business Assistant you will provide a comprehensive administrative service to the multi-disciplinary team within the Health Care Centre setting. You will be joining a welcoming team who work well together and support each other. We are looking for someone who is motivated, enthusiastic, a team player and above all able to demonstrates a commitment to the Trust s values in everyday life. You will have, excellent IT and audio-typing skills, good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to liaise with service users in a calm and compassionate manner. The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths. We also offer: A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days Free onsite parking Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance Health and Wellbeing Support For an informal chat, please contact Susan Sharpe on 01162953572 or email susan.sharpe13nhs.net Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities) The successful candidate will provide comprehensive administrative and/or secretarial support to an individual, clinical team or specific service area to harmonise efforts and specialisms of all disciplines to achieve effective and efficient service provision, undertaking diary management, including booking events, meetings and appointments. They will attend meetings, organising refreshments and resources, preparing agendas and taking accurate notes/minutes, identifying and co-ordinating agreed actions. Communicating effectively both verbally and in writing with a wide range of professional colleagues and service users. The post holder will organise, plan and prioritise own workload, to be responsive to the changing needs of the service, utilising and maintaining electronic and hard-copy office systems to ensure the smooth-running of the service or team and deal confidentially and confidently with complex patient and staff information and to provide support and advice within the remit of the role, and escalating problems or concerns where appropriate. Please note that should you be shortlisted; you will be invited to undertake a pre-interview screening test which will be scored to ensure you meet the minimum requirements for an interview, therefore subject to these results an interview may or may not be offered. Tests and interviews could be held over 2 days We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.