Team Secretary

We are looking to recruit 3 full time Team Secretaries and one part time Team Secretary, you will be based on Maghull Health Park site.

It is a busy role and so the successful candidate will need to have excellent organisational skills and be able to prioritise workload on a daily basis due to competing deadlines. You will work closely alongside your colleagues who will guide and assist you in preparing for audits and any reports that need submitting.

You will be motivated, flexible and committed to being part of a team that is dedicated to providing the highest possible standards of care to our patients. The successful applicant will have the ability to work on their own, to prioritise their workload and work to tight deadlines. You will be required to liaise with external agencies including: Mental Health Review Tribunal Offices; other Medium Secure Units; Social Services; Probation Services, Home Office and HM Prison Service.

The post holder will administratively support an extensive range of functions within the clinical services, including: Service Leads, Social Care and Psychology, Rehabilitation and OT Services, Health Records and regular Cashier duties. The successful applicants will be strong team players with a high level of organisational and interpersonal skills. They will be well organised and have the ability to work to competing deadlines and priorities. The post holder will be required to work flexibly, have the ability to establish good working relationships and deal with a wide range of professionals via telephone, written and face to face contact.

The post holder will have demonstrable experience of preparing for and taking minutes plus the production and upkeep of action logs. Preparation for meetings will include chasing up outstanding reports and actions in advance of meetings.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

The post holder will have demonstrable experience of preparing for and taking minutes plus the production and upkeep of action logs. Preparation for meetings will include chasing up outstanding reports and actions in advance of meetings. The role will require the post holder to travel to Divisional and Trust locations to support Divisional meetings.

The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint and will have experience of using Service databases and clinical information systems.