Personal Assistant - Talking Therapies
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting permanent opportunity for an organised and efficient administrator to join the Talking Therapies team. The role involves providing effective personal assistant and secretarial services to the Clinical Lead, managing day-to-day workload independently, and prioritising competing demands. Excellent organisational, communication, and IT skills are essential for this role.
Essential criteria
- Good standard of general education including GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent qualification)
- Experience of working in a similar position
- Ability to prepare papers and appendices for meetings
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS Experience
- Skills and Aptitude
- Ability to prioritise work, and work calmly under pressure to meet targets/deadlines, whilst often experiencing interruptions
- Experience of managing and developing staff including performance management
- Excellent IT skills, including Word and Excel, Email and Internet
- Knowledge and abilities
- Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative
- Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
- Good standard of general education including GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent qualification)
- Experience of working in a similar position
- Ability to prepare papers and appendices for meetings
- Previous NHS Experience
- Skills and Aptitude
- Ability to prioritise work, and work calmly under pressure to meet targets/deadlines, whilst often experiencing interruptions
- Experience of managing and developing staff including performance management
- Excellent IT skills, including Word and Excel, Email and Internet
- Knowledge and abilities
- Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative
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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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Personal Assistant - Talking Therapies
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
Exciting opportunity for an organised and efficient administrator to join our team on a permanent basis.
In this role, you'll be providing an effective personal assistant and secretarial service to the Clinical Lead for Talking Therapies.
You'll be required to manage your day-to-day workload and use your own initiative without supervision which will require informed judgement, excellent organisational and communication skills and the ability to multi-task and prioritise competing demands.
If you're looking for a new challenge, please contact the team for more information.
Main duties of the job
- To act as a central point of contact for the Clinical Lead when they are off site.
- To manage the provision of an efficient and effective administration service by undertaking a wide range of administrative tasks.
- Be a key member of the team as well as supporting effective communication and stakeholder management, both internally and externally.
- To organise meetings, appointments, diary, and hospitality arrangements as appropriate using own initiative to prioritise appointments whilst maintaining good public relations.
- To create and distribute agendas, attend meetings and provide an efficient note taking service in a formal set
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