Team Secretary

**Band 3**:
**Main area**
- Team Secretary
- **Grade**
- Band 3
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am - 5pm)
- **Job ref**
- 201-25-809-
- **Site**
- Truro
- **Town**
- Truro
- **Salary**
- £24,937 - £26,598 Pro rata
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- 19/11/2025 23:59

Thank 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_**
- _Care based on what matters to people. _
- _Care provided at home or close to home. _
- _Improvement through learning, research and innovation. _
- _Prevention and alternatives to hospital._

**_Great Organisation_**
- _Buildings that support health and wellbeing. _
- _Technology enabled care. _
- _Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services. _
- _Safe, efficient, effective and productive._

**_Great People_**
- _A place people love to work and feel valued. _
- _Living our values with staff (all voices count). _
- _Attract, grow and develop talent. _
- _Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen._

**_Great Partner_**
- _Encourage and enable effective partnerships. _
- _Joined-up community services. _
- _Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities. _
- _Reduce our impact on the environment._

_ _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**:

- We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual to provide secretarial support within the Perinatal Mental Health Service.
- The post holder should also demonstrate a caring and sensitive approach to their work and be able to clearly communicate with colleagues, the general public and representatives from other hospitals and organisations. To work as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring that there is appropriate communication with other professionals involved in the care of the child and mother.
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is passionate about promoting good mental health and wellbeing and we understand how important the first 1001 days are in an infant’s life.
- **This is a part-time post working Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 9am - 5pm**
- **This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.**
We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:

- Cornwall Foundation Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board- ** Proposed interview date: To be confirmed**- **Main duties of the job**:

- This post will work as part of an established integrated multi-disciplinary Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service which promotes a dynamic and innovative way of working, triaging and responding to referrals, conducting face to face assessments and therapeutic interventions working closely with other team members to provide a holistic and bespoke approach to every family on our caseload.
- The team is made up of a Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Peer Support Workers, Health Visitor, Nursery Nurses, CAP's, Social Workers, a Consultant Psychiatrist, Speciality Doctors, Psychologists and Health Visitors with the support of an admin team. The team also work closely with several System partners such as Health Visiting, Maternity Services and Safeguarding.

**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, t