Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 070-AC110-0926
- Employer
- Powys Teaching Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Park
- Town
- Newtown
- Salary
- £26,813 - £27,890 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Team Administrator & Secretary
Band 3
Be part of a 'Healthy Caring Powys' and help us transform the way we provide health and care, so our communities can Start Well, Live Well and Age Well.
Job overview
We are looking for a highly organised, motivated and compassionate individual to join our Psychology Service as a Team Administrator and secretary. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the delivery of a high-quality, patient-centred service by providing comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to our clinical and management teams.
Main duties of the job
As the first point of contact for the Psychology Service, you will play a vital role in ensuring that service users, carers, relatives and professionals receive a professional, responsive and supportive service. You will be joining a dedicated team committed to delivering excellent psychological care and support across the service.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a supportive Psychology Service where your contribution will make a real difference to patients, carers and clinical colleagues. You will work within a professional and friendly environment and play an important role in supporting the delivery of effective psychological services.
Working for our organisation
Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won’t get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.
As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We’re also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy ’life work’ balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.
To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
We would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers; but even if you don’t speak any Welsh, or want to develop your skills, don’t worry: the health board will support you with training.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge and experience of general IT systems including Microsoft Office (to include Outlook, Word and Excel), database management
- • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent knowledge and experience
- • Significant experience of working at an administrative level in a relevant setting
- • Understand the importance of confidentiality and experienced in implementing processes to comply with the principles of the Data Protection Act
- • Experience of successfully working to support a variety of professionals in a busy and demanding environment
- • Experience of prioritising daily and ongoing tasks to meet both routine and non-routine deadlines
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to plan and organise effectively
- • Good interpersonal skills at all levels
- • Strong written and verbal communication skills, to communicate with a range of individuals at all levels and across a range of organisations
- • Ability to identify confidential and sensitive issues
- • Self- motivated, with the ability to work on own initiative and with minimal day to day support
- • Ability to travel as required to locations in Wales
Skills
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of secretarial and administrative procedures and systems, including electronic patient records i.e. WPAS/Myrddin, WCCIS, RIO etc.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Smith
- Job title
- Business Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01686 252152
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