The postholder role will sit role within the Workforce Development Hub.
The postholder will support workforce expansion within Cheshire and Merseyside Talking Therapies teams. The post holder will provide quality, comprehensive administrative, secretarial, and project support to The Cheshire and Merseyside Workforce Development Hub.
Provide an expert, high quality and customer service led recruitment service to the Trust, ensuring compliance with the appropriate policies, procedures, and legislation.
Ensure that all recruitment requests are handled efficiently and effectively, whilst maintaining responsibility for the project activities within Talking Therapies services.
To establish and maintain good working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders including healthcare professionals both Trustwide and external staff, ensuring diplomacy, discretion and professionalism.
A full list of duties can be seen in the Job Description.
1. To input, maintain and retrieve information from relevant project development databases that contain key information from across providers and trusts and to assist in the preparation of statistical, audit information and assist in time limited projects as requested.
2. To navigate telephone calls using a high level of initiative, responding in a confidential and sensitive way and taking action in the appropriate manner.
3. To assist the project facilitator by following up with stakeholders via email and telephone and to act as the initial communication link for stakeholders. To sort, distribute and prioritise incoming information, using judgement and experience to decide which correspondence is passed to the team and which is retained for action as appropriate.
4. To prepare for meetings and to participate, take accurate notes and follow up actions, produce minutes and circulate as per Trust Guidance.
5. Maintaining up to date and accurate diaries which involves making service-related supervision appointments, interviews, arranging meetings/events/hearings, note taking, booking venues and arranging travel requirements.
6. Support the development of workforce development hub documents.
7. Provide comprehensive advice to managers / clients regarding service-related processes and ensure all managers and clients are informed of changes to processes either verbally or in writing.
CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.
Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.
We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.
CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.
To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role.
We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment , which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which are ‘the 6 Cs’ Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion and Commitment. The supporting information section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/completing-application-guidance . If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email – cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or by calling 01244 393100.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Silver’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
If you experience any technical difficulties or need help when making an application please contact our Recruitment Team on 01244 393100.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon.
