Team Secretary/Administrator | East London NHS Foundation Trust

Administrative position, fixed term for nine months at Barnsley Street NMHC, 5 days a week.

We are looking to recruit a Team Secretary/Administrator to provide confidential secretarial and administrative support to Service consultants, Line Manager, and multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring efficient team operations.

The individual in this role must function effectively in a highly demanding and busy setting, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability, along with the capability to prioritize tasks and use their judgment to make sound decisions.

Typing correspondence (50-60wpm), including general letters, reports, communications with legal professionals, patients, manuscripts, clinical correspondence, etc.

Responsible for managing the diary of the consultant and team, ensuring that information is reflected in the Outlook calendar so that other clinicians can verify their availability for meetings and remain aware of the medical staff's locations and schedules at all times.

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY.

To work to secretarial and administrative standards as outlined by the Service.

To undertake any other ad hoc secretarial/administrative duties as required by the Lead Consultant, Senior staff and Line Manager, consistent with the post and grade.

To work alongside and to cover, when appropriate, other administration staff across several locations in some instances.

Responsible for inputting and retrieving information from the designated computerised system ie; RIO, Reporting Services, Mosaic or any other system that may be introduced by the Trust or partner agencies.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve.

Our values are

We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

To provide comprehensive, confidential secretarial and administrative support to Service consultants, Line Manager and wider multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring efficient and smooth running of the team.

For full details of the job, please refer to the job description and person specifications.

This advert closes on Thursday 17 Sep 2026