Team Secretary
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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 is a part-time Team Secretary role for 22.5 hours per week, based at Yeatman Hospital in Sherborne, supporting the Community Mental Health Team. The role involves a wide range of secretarial and administrative duties, including managing day-to-day office tasks, handling phone calls, processing referrals, booking appointments, and audio/copy typing. The ideal candidate will have developed IT skills, Microsoft Office knowledge, and experience in an office environment, with a compassionate telephone manner.
Key responsibilities
- Cover office administration for the North Dorset Locality in all units as and when required.
- Provide secretarial cover for Clinical Team members, including medical staff.
- Work within Trust policies and procedures.
- Perform any other duties commensurate with the grade and that may be deemed appropriate.
Essential criteria
- Minimum 5 GCSE or equivalent
- Competent using windows environment packages
- Excellent typing skills - RSA Stage II minimum in word and text processing or equivalent
- Secretarial Experience
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 2 Business Administration
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £15,456 – £16,485 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Team Secretary
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Team Secretary to join the Community Mental Health Team based at Stewart Lodge, Yeatman Hospital in Sherborne. This is a part-time post for 22.5 hours per week, covering a wide range of secretarial and administrative duties.The post holder will need to have developed IT skills, a working knowledge of Microsoft Office and demonstrable experience of working in an office environment. You will be will be responsible for providing secretarial and administrative support. We are a busy team, and the post holder will be responsible for managing the day-to-day office-based tasks, following processes and procedures including handling phone calls, processing referrals to our systems, booking/arranging appointments for the clinicians, taking minutes when required, dealing with enquiries for the team and audio/copy typing of letters and minutes.We work with vulnerable people so a compassionate telephone manner is essential. Previous NHS experience and experience of using the Rio patient records system will be an advantage. Being adaptive and flexible to the needs of the service and our client group is essential.If you are looking for a change, a challenge and working with a wide variety of professionals, this could be
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