Garner Ward Secretary

**Garner Ward Secretary**:
**Band 3**:
**Main area**
- Administration
- **Grade**
- Band 3
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Job ref**
- 201-23-430**Site**
- Garner Ward - Bodmin Hospital
- **Town**
- Bodmin
- **Salary**
- £21,730 - £23,177 Per Annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- Today at 23:59
- **Interview date**
- 21/04/2023Thank you for your interest in joining us at **Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.**

**We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.**

**_ Strategic Themes_**

**_ Great Care_**:

- We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

**_ Great Organisation_**_ _**:

- We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

**_ Great People _**:

- We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

**_ Great Partner_**:

- With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

**_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._**

**Job overview**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time secretary to support the Garner Ward team at Bodmin Hospital. Garner Ward is Cornwall's specialist dementia inpatient service, caring for those detained under section of the Mental Health Act with a diagnosis of dementia. Garner Ward are known for their inclusive and supportive team of nurses, doctors, healthcare assistants, therapists and ancillary staff.

**Proposed interview date: 21st April 2023**

**Main duties of the job**:
To provide secretarial and administrative support to ensure the smooth running of Garner ward, ensuring that all requests either typing or administrative are promptly met. To ensure effective lines of communication between team members, patients and carers, whilst maintaining confidentiality at all times. To ensure all administrative requirements of the Mental Health Act are met within a timely manner.

**Working for our organisation**:
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

**Person specification**:
**Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- RSA III Wor