Job Description

The Children, Young People and Family Health Services Directorate, have an exciting opportunity for motivated and enthusiastic individual to join us to support secretarial and administrative services within the allocated Care Group of the Children, Young People and Families Health Service Directorate.



The successful applicants should have a proactive and friendly attitude and be able to demonstrate excellent administrative / secretarial experience and be able to meet the main duties of the role. In addition, excellent customer service skills and experience are essential for this role.



It's important that you are an exceptional communicator with experience of working in a busy environment and interactions with the public. Applicants will be expected to be organised and efficient and have the ability to prioritise requests and to deal with conflicting demands. A high level of attention to detail supported by relevant ICT skills is essential and proven skills and experience of providing previous administrative / secretarial support to large teams.



If this sounds like you and you want to join us in delivery high quality services to children and young people, then please submit your application, we look forward to hearing from you.



The Team Secretary will provide a comprehensive, confidential and quality secretarial and administrative service to the identified team within the allocated Care Group of the Children, Young People and Families Health Services Directorate.



The post holder will take line management responsibility for designated staff and provide administrative, clerical and secretarial support which will include word-processing, managing mail, use of databases and Microsoft office applications, answering telephone calls, appointment booking/clinic co-ordination, liaising with families and clinicians, managing generic inboxes and general administrative duties such as photocopying and filing.



The post holder will also be required to assist with the timely co-ordination of legal requests received within the directorate.



The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.



Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.



Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.



You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.