# Bank Team Secretary

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Worthing
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £12.92 per hour
- **Contract type:** Bank
- **Employment type:** Flexible working, Other, bank
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-29T08:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-15T09:42:47.524Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Hastings/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8156556
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8156556?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Would you like to make a difference and use your administration and secretarial skills to support the provision of mental health services in the community?

We are looking for friendly, enthusiastic and self-motivated bank staff to join our busy Hastings and Rother Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (NMHT)

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, ensuring an efficient and confidential service. The role provides plenty of variety in a fast-paced environment, where your prioritising skills will be highly valued.

Evidence of a good general education is required, together with excellent organisational and IT skills. Flexibility, the ability to work on your own initiative and effective communication skills are all essential.

### Main duties of the job

The roles support Consultant Psychiatrists and clinical staff with administrative and secretarial duties, including:

- Telephone calls to and from service users, carers, staff
- Covering Reception and Switchboard on an ad hoc basis
- This role is fully office based due to the nature of the cover needed

You will require:

- GCSE standard or equivalent in Maths and English
- Previous secretarial/administration experience
- Knowledge of software programmes/IT systems, ideally Microsoft Office including Word and Outlook
- The ability to remain calm under pressure

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will require excellent interpersonal skills for effective communication with service users and the multi-disciplinary team, which consists of Consultant Psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, managers, mental health practitioners and support workers.

Please read Job Description and Person Specification attached for more details.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to deal sensitively with staff and clients in person and on the telephone. Ability to communicate effectively.
- Awareness of the importance of confidentiality – ability to work within appropriate boundaries.
- Ability to use good judgement skills when dealing with enquiries and problems
- Ability to be able to plan workload, manage diaries, organise appointments, planning workload associated with key meeting dates
- Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise own workload
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and deal with conflicting demands
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Power point
- Ability to be able to concentrate on specific activities for prolonged periods of time
- Ability to be able to deal with conflicting demands
- Ability to deal with multiple deadlines
- Ability to deal with emotionally sensitive and challenging material
- Ability to use computer equipment

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- NVQ 2 or equivalent
- Good standard of secondary education; GCSE at Grade C or above or equivalent

## Documents

- [privacy notice (pdf, 127.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2254)
- [bank admin assistant jd (pdf, 231.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10456874)

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