Patient Safety Support Secretary

Patient Safety Support Secretary

The Patient Safety Support Secretary role provides high-quality secretarial and administrative support to the Trust's Patient Safety Team. The post holder plays a key role in enabling patient safety improvement work by supporting the team with day-to-day organisation, meetings, and administration.

The closing date is 03 June 2026

Main duties of the job

• Provide day-to-day secretarial and administrative support to the Patient Safety Team.
• Arrange and support trust-wide meetings, including managing diaries, booking rooms, preparing papers, and following up actions.
• Take notes and produce clear, accurate minutes for meetings, sharing actions with relevant staff.
• Act as a point of contact for the team, dealing with enquiries in a helpful and professional manner.

Person Specification Education, Training and Qualifications

• Good standard of English to GCSE or equivalent
• Good level of IT literacy
• NVQ II in Customer Service or equivalent knowledge and skills

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of minute taking
• Experience of working in NHS settings

Skills and Ability

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes such as Microsoft Word, Teams, Excel
• Ability to manage and support complex meetings at a senior level, including agenda preparation, coordination of papers, accurate minute-taking, and follow-up of actions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Closing Date of Applications: 03 June 2026

£25,760 to £27,476 a year pro rata per annum