Personal Assistant to Associate Director of Operations, Rehab Care Hub
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity to provide comprehensive personal assistant support to the Associate Director of Operations within the Enhanced Recovery Services Care Hub. The role requires excellent organisational skills, initiative, and a high level of professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality. It is a challenging and fast-paced position, demanding strong administration and communication skills to manage competing priorities. The post-holder will support a service providing inpatient care for adults aged 18-65 across multiple locations.
Essential criteria
- RSA 2 or equivalent typing skills
- NVQ 3 in business administration or equivalent in training or experience
- Experience to diploma level
Desirable criteria
- Shorthand
- Previous experience in a senior administrative position
- Experience of producing high quality documents within corporate identity standards
- Competent in Minute Taking
- Knowledge of working within a large complex organisation
- Sound knowledge of word processing packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook (email)
- Awareness of the structure of the NHS.
- Skills and Abilities
- Good communication skills to maintain effective relationships with managers and staff
- Ability to construct memos and letters from notes provided, by word of mouth, and from digital dictation
- Advanced keyboard skills
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of oral, written and presentation skills in dealing with external agencies and Trust staff at all levels
- Ability to improve operational effectiveness by using own initiative to meet departmental needs
- Planning and organisational skills to prioritise and manage own workload without any direct supervision, and working to tight deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy
- Ability to be assertive, reliable and focused and have a commitment to own personal and professional development
- Flexibility and adaptabilit
- Ability to maintain utmost confidentiality
- Ability to deal effectively with service users, according them respect and dignity at all times
- Ability to work under pressure whilst paying attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Professional attitude
- Education / Qualifications
- RSA 2 or equivalent typing skills
- NVQ 3 in business administration or equivalent in training or experience
- Experience to diploma level
- Shorthand
- Previous experience in a senior administrative position
- Experience of producing high quality documents within corporate identity standards
- Competent in Minute Taking
- Knowledge of working within a large complex organisation
- Sound knowledge of word processing packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook (email)
- Awareness of the structure of the NHS.
- Skills and Abilities
- Good communication skills to maintain effective relationships with managers and staff
- Ability to construct memos and letters from notes provided, by word of mouth, and from digital dictation
- Advanced keyboard skills
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of oral, written and presentation skills in dealing with external agencies and Trust staff at all levels
- Ability to improve operational effectiveness by using own initiative to meet departmental needs
- Planning and organisational skills to prioritise and manage own workload without any direct supervision, and working to tight deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy
- Ability to be assertive, reliable and focused and have a commitment to own personal and professional development
- Flexibility and adaptabilit
- Ability to maintain utmost confidentiality
- Ability to deal effectively with service users, according them respect and dignity at all times
- Ability to work under pressure whilst paying attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Professional attitude
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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Pennine Care NHS FT
Personal Assistant to Associate Director of Operations, Rehab Care Hub
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
Exciting opportunity to work in the Enhanced Recovery Services Care Hub (formerly Rehabilitation & High Support) part of the Specialist Network.
The post-holder will provide comprehensive personal assistant support to the Associate Director of Operations. They should be flexible and use own initiative to plan their workload, dependent upon the priorities and requirements at the time.
The Post-Holder will require excellent organisation skills be efficient, and able to use initiative, have a consistently high professional approach and high measure of independent judgement, including sensitivity, discretion and confidentiality.
The Post-Holder will be required to be flexible and willing to increase own professional skills and development.
The role is challenging and fast-paced with competing priorities requiring excellent administration and communication skills both verbal and written when dealing with all levels of staff, managers, and service users within and outside of the Trust.
The service provides inpatient care for males and females aged 18+ to 65 years of age in step-down, recovery and PICU inpatient units across the footprint of Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside and Stockport. Some units are based on hospital sites and som
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