Safeguarding Team Secretary

4 weeks ago


Macclesfield, United Kingdom East Cheshire NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

**This position is open to staff working at the Trust in the 'ECT Family' this includes current East Cheshire NHS Trust employees, bank staff, ISS staff and volunteers at the Trust.**

The post holder is responsible for providing comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to the integrated safeguarding team at East Cheshire NHS Trust. The team consists of named and specialist professionals within adult, children and maternity safeguarding. Due to the nature of the role, the post holder will therefore view highly sensitive and emotive information and reports within the safeguarding arena.

The post holder should have efficient IT skills in order to maintain databases, transcribe minutes from meetings and use various patient information systems.

The post holder will demonstrate an ability to communicate with a range of people on complex safeguarding matters and issues and will be able to provide minutes of meetings. The person will also be expected to meet specified timescales / deadlines and be able to work unsupervised.

Hours per week:

Main duties of the job

Provide an administrative secretarial and clerical service to support the safeguarding team ensuring that letters, e-mails and reports are accurately produced within agreed timescales, data is input to required standards and an electronic filing and retrieval system is maintained. Possess a knowledge and understanding of medical terminology. Responsible for the processing of incoming and outgoing correspondence including prioritising, tracking, sorting and transferring as necessary. Maintain and update appointment diaries, message books to assist efficient operation within the Safeguarding Team. Arrange meetings, workshops, training events, conferences. Produce and distribute training materials and informative literature for the service Contribute to the ordering of stationery supplies and associated procedures. Participate in the local induction of new staff. Recognise and respond appropriately to the urgency of situations, reporting concerns to the Head of Safeguarding, Named Nurses / Nurse Specialists. Maintain and update the Safeguarding websites. Contribute to the effective and efficient use of resources. Contribute to the continued improvement and quality of the Administrative Support Service. To undertake any other delegated duties as appropriate and commensurate with the post.

About us

Whether you are just starting out in your career or are looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, East Cheshire NHS Trust is the right employer for you. An organisation with a real sense of community we actively support and develop our staff to ensure our patients receive the best quality care, delivering the right care first time, every time.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.

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