# Team Secretary - West Adult Learning Disability Team > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/team-secretary-west-adult-learning-disability-team/8acaa497-8c2f-4240-8ae1-754efb840e91 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/team-secretary-west-adult-learning-disability-team/8acaa497-8c2f-4240-8ae1-754efb840e91.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Bodmin Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Team secretary - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Pro Rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (Work pattern - Thursdays and Fridays) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-08T10:45:15.051Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Pool/Cornwall_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8309634 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8309634?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a motivated and organised Team Secretary to join our friendly West Adult Learning Disability Team. In this important role, you will provide high-quality secretarial and administrative support, helping to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the service. You will deliver a responsive and professional administrative service, managing a range of secretarial and office tasks, ensuring requests are completed accurately and in a timely manner. The role involves maintaining effective communication with colleagues, service users, carers, and partner agencies, while always upholding the highest standards of confidentiality. As a valued member of the administrative team, you will work collaboratively with colleagues and provide support and cover for other administrative and clerical staff when required, helping to maintain continuity of service. This post forms part of the West Adult Learning Disability Team's administration team and is specifically required to provide cover on Thursdays and Fridays. ### Main duties of the job Acting as a pivotal role for all communication with the team, patients/relatives/carers, medical staff. Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload which can be pressured and require a high level of concentration. Be a trained or willing to undertake training to be a first aider and fire warden for the team. Electronic ordering and requisitioning of stationery and equipment in conjunction with the admin lead. To provide a high quality, efficient and confidential secretarial service to the team, facilitating effective communication at all times, which includes letters, reports and minutes of meetings. To maintain diaries of engagement for meetings and appointments where appropriate for the team, including out of county meetings and appointments. To update and record information onto the Trusts electronic systems and unit databases as require within Trust key target times. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Skills and Aptitude **Essential** - Ability to liaise with the public and professionals - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure whilst remaining calm - Ability to prioritise and work on own initiative - Positive attitude regarding patients with Learning Disability/Mental Illness and their families and ability to deal calmly with patients and carers who may be distressed. ### Knowledge and Abilities **Essential** - Minute taking experience **Desirable** - Knowledge of the Trust’s electronic information systems ### Education/Qualifications and Relevant Experience **Essential** - RSA III Typing/Word-Processing or equivalent experience - GCSE Maths and English or equivalent - RSA II Audio-Typing or equivalent experience or digital dictation experience - Computer Literate with experience of spreadsheets and databases **Desirable** - Previous experience working with people with a Learning Disability - Previous experience working as a secretary in a clinical environment ## Documents - [autism support (pdf, 38.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=977) - [dyslexia support (pdf, 76.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1833) - [job description (pdf, 664.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10629827) - [parental entitlement (pdf, 300.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1834) - [functional requirements (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10629828) - [recruitment complaints policy (pdf, 113.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=976) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.