Personal Assistant to ICUCR
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Job share
- Hours / week
- 15
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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 comprehensive, confidential PA, secretarial, and administrative support to senior directors and managers within the Intermediate Care & Urgent Community Response (ICUCR) department. The post holder will specifically act as PA to the Operations Director of ICUCR and also provide support to other senior ICUCR managers. A key responsibility includes supervising the ICUCR Admin Team and Stroke Admin Team, which comprises 7 staff members. This is a part-time, 15-hour per week position, ideally worked across 3 days with essential shifts on Monday and Friday to ensure continuous support.
Key responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive, confidential PA, secretarial and administrative support at senior director and senior management level.
- Ensure all administrative processes and tasks are undertaken efficiently, effectively and to a high standard.
- Act as PA for the Operations Director of ICUCR and provide administration support for other senior managers of ICUCR.
- Supervise and support the ICUCR Admin Team and Stroke Admin Team.
- Work 15 hours per week, ideally across 3 days, with essential shifts on Monday and Friday.
Essential criteria
- Numerate and literate, with Maths and English GCSE (Level 4 /Grade C or above), or equivalent
- Higher level of education - A levels or above
- NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent experience
- Proven administration experience in a busy office environment
- Proven experience of working in a senior secretarial position
- Proven experience of prioritisation of work and coping under pressure to meet deadlines
- Proven ability to organise and service meetings
- Minute taking experience
- Proven experience of working as part of a team
- Proven experience of supervisory and management skills
- Comprehensive working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Word, Excel and Outlook
- Good organisational skills
- Good communication skills
- Proven ability to work on own initiative, without direct supervision, prioritising and managing own workload
- Good keyboard and IT skills
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Articulate, calm, polite and well-motivated with a positive attitude to customer care
- Audio typing
- Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English language
- Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.
- Able to make own transport arrangements
- Flexible attitude and approach to work to meet the needs of the service
- Proof of own personal development
- Enthusiastic and motivated
- Committed to providing the best possible service to patients
- Team player
- Able to work on own initiative
- Tact and diplomacy
Desirable criteria
- RSA typing or equivalent experience
- Shorthand, or equivalent qualification
- Knowledge of NHS ordering systems
- Knowledge of SystmOne
- Previous NHS Experience
- Planning skills
- Customer Care Skills
- Enhanced IT skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Personal Assistant to ICUCR
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
To provide comprehensive, confidential PA, secretarial and administrative support at senior director and senior management level, ensuring that all administrative processes and tasks are undertaken efficiently, effectively and to a high standard, contributing to the smooth running of the office and its overall effectiveness. To supervise and support the ICUCR (Intermediate Care & Urgent Community Response) Admin Team and Stroke Admin Team.
The post holder will be the PA for the Operations Director of ICUCR (Intermediate Care & Urgent Community Response),and will also provide administration support for other senior managers of ICUCR.
This is a part time, 15 hour per week Band 4 permanent role. The shifts will ideally need to be worked across 3 days, 5 hours per shift. Shift times will need to be within core working hours, i.e. 08:30-13:30 or 09:00-14:00. This post will job share with another PA who works Tuesday's, Wednesday's and Thursday's. Therefore shifts on a Monday and Friday are essential, to provide support from Monday to Friday for the Senior Leadership and admin teams which the post supervises.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will have a positive can-do attitude, with experience of providing comprehensive admini
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