The role will provide high level, efficient and quality administrative support to the Director of Research, Head of Research & Development and Lead Research Nurse (Service Leads). To work in partnership with the leads of service to achieve organisational aims and objectives and service delivery as well as ensuring the highest standards of professionalism, quality, and integrity.
Main duties of the job To organise and prioritise emails/correspondence, action/respond to or redirect as appropriate. Be alert to any urgent correspondence/emails and requests for information. Be responsible for managing the arrangements for meetings initiated by the Service Leads. Proactively manage the whole process, including timely preparation and dissemination of agendas and supporting documentation to all members of such groups in an efficient, effective, and appropriate way. Demonstrate a high level of skill and competency when arranging, attending and taking minutes of meetings at all levels. This includes minutes of involving SMT meetings and sub committees of these, Performance Management Groups, as well as confidential HR and ad hoc meetings. Be responsible for producing minutes to the highest standard and work proactively to ensure that actions arising from the meeting (which are the responsibility of the Service Leads) are undertaken with agreed timescales. The management of designated individual projects, Trust wide and local, as directed by the Service Leads. The post holder will be responsible for collating information, validating data, completing the necessary spreadsheet/database, and meeting all project deadlines. The post holder must be able to plan their workload to meet stringent deadlines on these projects as well as manage and meet daily workload requirements.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
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