PA to the Head of Childrens Services and Senior CAMHS Managers

Job overview

12-Month Fixed Term (Maternity Cover)

Are you a highly organised, proactive, and creative administrative professional looking for your next rewarding challenge? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same? If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are delighted to offer an exciting 12-month maternity cover opportunity within our growing CAMHS service at Dorset Healthcare. This is a pivotal role supporting the Head of Children’s Services and the Senior CAMHS Management Team, placing you at the heart of a dynamic and evolving service dedicated to improving outcomes for children and young people.

As a Personal Assistant, you will provide comprehensive, high-level support to senior leaders, helping to manage competing priorities, coordinate key activities, and ensure the smooth running of day-to-day operations. This is a role where your organisational skills, initiative, and attention to detail will truly make a difference.

You will be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team, working in an environment where innovation and continuous improvement are encouraged.

Based at Trust Headquarters, this role also offers flexibility for home working where appropriate, helping you maintain a healthy work-life balance. The PA post is a full time role. We would welcome part time applicants with a minimum of 30 hours.

Join us and play a key role in supporting services that change lives.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a comprehensive, high-quality and confidential Personal Assistant service to the Head of Children’s Services and the Senior CAMHS Management Team, supporting the effective running of a busy and dynamic service.

Key responsibilities include managing complex diaries, coordinating meetings, and ensuring the effective prioritisation of senior managers’ time in a fast-paced environment. The role acts as a key point of contact, handling communications, responding to correspondence and liaising with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

The post holder will prepare agendas, reports and presentations, and take accurate minutes, ensuring actions are tracked and delivered within agreed timescales. They will support the organisation of meetings and events, maintain electronic filing systems, and ensure all information is managed in line with governance requirements.

Additional duties include supporting workforce processes such as leave and roster management, assisting with financial administration including invoices and ordering, and maintaining effective working relationships across services.

The role requires excellent organisational skills, discretion and professionalism, with the ability to work flexibly and use initiative to manage competing priorities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements.  Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

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