Bank Band 6 Business Coordinator

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

The Bank business coordinator will be instrumental in providing professional, proactive and flexible support to the Chief Nurse and Executive Director of Midwifery and the Nursing Directorate as well as the Chief Medical Officer and CMO Office, offering a range of effective administrative, budgetary and business support services. They will work with minimal supervision on specific projects and work streams to contribute to the delivery of the Trust’s objectives.

The Bank business coordinator will also offer effective day-to-day management of the CN office and CMO office, which will involve complex in-box and diary management, secretariat and other administration support as required.

Main duties of the job:

Please visit the attached Job Description for this post. The successful applicant will need to be available to start W/C 16 February at the earliest providing all pre-employment checks have been successfully completed.

Education & Qualifications:

• NVQ4, Degree in secretarial, management, administration or business studies or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
• Excellent keyboard skills - typing speeds min 60wpm
• Ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing at a high level
• Work professionally and with discretion, dealing confidently with senior management and clinicians.

Knowledge & Experience:

• In‑depth knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, internet etc.
• Experience in the NHS as a personal/executive assistant to a senior director or Board level officer.
• Significant experience of servicing, taking and transcribing formal minutes at high level/senior meetings
• Experience of producing detailed written reports and presentations
• Knowledge of current NHS policies
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff

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