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Senior Administrator/Personal Assistant

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Worcester, WR1 3DBView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157

Contract

Fixed-Term

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

26 October 2026

7 days left

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly organised and proactive Senior Administrator/Personal Assistant to join the Community Dental Service. ...

Provide comprehensive administrative and personal assistant support to the Clinical Director, Consultants within the Special Care and Paediatric Dental Services, and members of the Dental Leadership Team. Manage complex diaries and arrange meetings.

Organise and service meetings, including preparing and distributing agendas, reports and supporting papers. Take accurate minutes and maintain action logs to support service delivery and governance requirements.

Handling telephone, email and written enquiries professionally and efficiently. Resolve queries where appropriate and escalate issues as required.

Prepare, draft and distribute correspondence, reports, presentations and other documentation, ensuring high standards of accuracy, confidentiality and professionalism.

Support service improvement projects, recruitment processes, audits, training activities and quality improvement initiatives. Assist with the collection, collation and presentation of service information and performance data.

Work independently to prioritise a varied workload, manage competing demands and meet deadlines. Provide cross-cover for administrative colleagues within the administration team.

For full details of the duties and criteria of the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

  • 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
  • Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
  • Wide range of supportive staff networks
  • Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website Staff benefits | Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

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Experience

Essential: - Arranging meetings, agendas and minute taking experience; - Significant recent Administrative/Secretarial experience; - Supervision/management of staff.

Desirable: - Previous relevant NHS experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of a wide range of administrative and secretarial procedures and systems.
  • Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Packages.
  • Understanding of the Data Protection Act and NHS Code of Confidentiality.

Qualifications

Essential: - Educated to vocational level 3 in Business Administration OR equivalent qualification and/or experience

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Manages own workload and able to work independently as well as part of a team
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
  • Ability to deal with non-routine issues such as problem-solving for an area of work or develop alternative or additional procedures.
  • Advanced keyboard skills - Touch Typing, Audio Typing and Minute taking.
  • Numerate, Accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Good organisational skills. Able to demonstrate the ability to use initiative effectively.

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Willingness to commit to continuing professional development.
  • Professional manner as a representative of the Trust.
  • Tact and discretion for dealing with confidential information
  • Ability to meet the travel requirements of the role.

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

12 October 2026

Last checked

14 October 2026

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About the employer

HAW
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

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