Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed term 1 year)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-8178083-MA
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
PA - Medical Division
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
To provide a comprehensive personal assistant/secretarial service in support of the Consultant and associated medical team, ensuring the provision of an efficient and reliable service.
Main duties of the job
For full details of the job Role and Person Specification, please see attached Job Description.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the job Role and Person Specification, please see attached Job Description.
Certificate of sponsorship – For your information only
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Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Proven computer literacy
- • Good standard of general education (including Maths and English GCSE or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- • RSA II or equivalent typing
- • AMSPAR Certificate
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Previous experience as PA or secretary/administration experience
Desirable criteria
- • Previous NHS or related environment
- • Customer care experience
- • Medical terminology
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- • Touch typing
- • Able to demonstrate skills that ensure tasks are completed accurately and within a given timeframe.
- • Accurate keyboard skills
Desirable criteria
- • Audio typing
- • Able to take minutes.
- • Understanding of databases
- • Knowledge of the hospital administration system
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- • Excellent Communication skills
- • Able to work in a pressured environment.
- • Able to meet deadlines.
- • Good interpersonal skills
- • Good organisational skills
- • Attention to detail.
- • Ability to work on own initiative or part of a team.
- • Flexible approach to working hours to meet the needs of the service.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katy Kilpatrick
- Job title
- Assistant Service Manager Specialist Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284 713583
- Additional information
Ext. 3583
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