Team Secretary (temporary)

Liverpool and Sefton Community Specialist Rehab Team Base: The Walton Centre, Liverpool Team Secretary (6 month fixed term) 30 hours, Initial point of contact for patients, referrers and other professionals, as well as all team members. Responsible for the smooth administrative running of team referral processes and support the wider team administrative and data management functions, with support from Team Leader. Coordinate and implement office procedures using high degree of organisational skills and excellent working knowledge of administrative systems. Demonstrate excellent communication and customer care skills to support patients experiencing the effects of major injury or illness, so must be sympathetic, as well as professional. Proven IT skills and experience of diary and database management are essential. You will need to organise and prioritise your own workload and act on your own initiative.

The Cheshire and Merseyside Rehabilitation Network (CMRN) hosted by The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist rehabilitation to patients who have suffered traumatic injury or illness across inpatient and community settings. We wish to recruit an experienced Secretary to provide temporary support within CMRN, initially to support a current gap in our Liverpool and Sefton Community Specialist Rehabilitation teams which provides community based rehabilitation. Please contact Heather Adnams or Wendy Owen on

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.