Personal Assistant

Job summary

We are looking for an organised and proactive Band 4 Personal Assistant to provide high-quality administrative and secretarial support within a busy executive support environment. This full-time, fixed-term role for 10 months offers an excellent opportunity to work at the heart of the organisation, supporting effective communication, diary management, meeting coordination and the smooth running of day-to-day business across Darlington Memorial Hospital/UHND.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide comprehensive PA support, including managing complex diaries and inboxes, arranging meetings, preparing agendas and papers, and supporting the coordination and follow-up of meeting actions using digital tools such as Copilot. They will act as a key point of contact, deal with confidential information sensitively, draft correspondence and documents, maintain accurate records and support the effective coordination of day-to-day business across the executive support function.

Job responsibilities

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

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