Patient Safety Support Secretary
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
- Posted
- 18/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role provides high-quality secretarial and administrative support to the Trust's Patient Safety Team. The post holder will assist with day-to-day organisation, meetings, and general administration to enable patient safety improvement work. Key tasks include managing diaries, booking rooms, preparing papers, and taking accurate minutes for meetings. The role also involves acting as a point of contact for the team and dealing with enquiries.
Essential criteria
- Good standard of English to GCSE or equivalent
- Good level of IT literacy
Desirable criteria
- NVQ II in Customer Service or equivalent knowledge and skills
- Experience and Knowledge
- Previous secretarial/administrative experience
- 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
- 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
- Previous secretarial/administrative experience
- 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
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
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.
If you are considering applying for an internal secondment, please ensureyou have discussed this with your line manager and obtained their support priorto submitting your application.
Please be aware that there is no guaranteethat you will be released from your substantive post, so you should seek approval beforeapplying as you are applying or a Secondment.
If you have any questions or require further guidance, please contact the Recruitment Team.
Candidates must be able to attend interview in person Successful applicant must have the ability to attend site for Trust/Department Induction and to collect equipment.
Very occasional site visits may be required for training or events and the candidate must have the ability to attend these as required.
Candidates who have applied for this vacancy within the last 3 months and were unsuccessful at any stage of the recruitment process should not reapply unless you can demonstrate additional relevant skills, qualifications or experience acquired since your previous application.
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