255979 R1 Personal Assistant (AJM)

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Personal Assistant to the Head of Primary Care

Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership

In Edinburgh, the City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian have integrated the planning and delivery of all community health and social care services for adults and older people. This work is directed by the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board and delivered by the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership.

The Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership is responsible for delivering community and bed-based health and social care services foradultsin Edinburgh.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly organised Personal Assistant to join the Edinburgh Primary Care Team, providing comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to the Head of Primary Care.

The successful candidate will be proactive, professional and able to manage a varied workload in a fast-paced environment. Excellent communication, diary management, organisational and IT skills are essential, along with the ability to build effective working relationships across a wide range of stakeholders.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced PA who thrives in a dynamic setting and is committed to supporting the delivery of high-quality primary care services across Edinburgh. If you are motivated, adaptable and enjoy working as part of a supportive team, we would welcome your application.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.