Personal Assistant

If you’re an experienced and proactive Personal Assistant (PA) who is looking for a rewarding and varied role that will make good use of your organisational skill, then join the team at The Lakefields Neurological Centre in Chigwell as Personal Assistant to the Hospital Director.

As the PA to the Hospital Director, you will support with a variety of tasks including diary/meeting management, co-ordinating report submissions to the board, putting together presentations and liaising with internal and external stakeholders.

You will need to be proactive, organised and approachable with a can-do attitude in this role.

Your Responsibilities:

• Effective co-ordination of diaries, scheduling and administration for regular management meetings including note-taking and action trackers
• Information sharing across teams
• Travel and accommodation arrangements
• Produce presentations
• Occasional travel may be required
• Processing expenses, invoices and credit card reconciliation
• General administrative tasks – post, filing, dealing with telephone enquiries
• Provide holiday and absence cover for other PAs/EAs

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have significant administration experience at executive and senior management level (Board experience would be an advantage)
• Be highly organised with a friendly and professional approach
• Anticipate and fulfill requests
• Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to adapt writing style according to audience
• Work positively and flexibly across a range of tasks simultaneously
• Be computer literate
• Have excellent diary and time management skills
• Work independently and be a team player
• Have a high level of confidentiality and discretion
• Have a passion for supporting others, with a caring nature and resilience

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £26,000
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and subsidized parking 
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check, holiday financing and much more. 

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.