Personal Assistant to the Emergency Department

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Personal Assistant to the Emergency Department

Closing date: 24 June 2026

Responsibilities

• Provide professional, confidential and effective secretarial and administrative support to consultants, matrons and their teams.
• Act as the principal link between clinicians, general practitioners, patients/relatives and others.
• Work collaboratively to ensure the smooth running of multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Assist in organising consultants' workload and adherence to the patient access policy.
• Maintain the reputation of the specialties and Trust in all correspondence with external parties.
• Work with all contacts to ensure all changing targets are met in a pressure‑red environment.
• Participate in the annual appraisal process.
• Complete all mandatory training within appropriate timescales and undertake other training to ensure continued ...