Governance Assistant

  • Taunton
  • St. Margaret’s Hospice

Location :Taunton

Hours :22.5 hours

Contract Type :Permanent

Salary :£13,550.66

Annual Leave Entitlement :Initial entitlement is 33 days pro rata, inclusive of Bank Holiday, rising to 35 days after 1 year and increasing dependent on length of service.

St Margaret’s philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything we do and we expect staff to uphold our values at all times and fulfill our commitment to providing excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families. As a Real Living Wage employer we go to great lengths to recruit the right people. We want people with a positive attitude who are willing to go the extra mile, not because they are asked to but because they are passionate about working for St Margaret’s.

A fantastic opportunity has become available at St Margaret's Hospice, for a role of Governance Assistant to join our Governance team to provide a high standard of professional, efficient and confidential administrative support to the Governance team. This includes maintaining and monitoring complaints, incidents and accidents and policy systems and provide administrative support for meetings.

Our Core Competencies are : Self awareness

Understanding and being aware of yourself and how to react and interact with others

Outcomes and results

Organising ourselves to get the job done, delivering a high-quality service, and being accountable for the outcomes

Working with others

People working together to achieve team and organisational goals and respecting others

Leading in your area

Regardless of management position, we all lead and take responsibility in our area of work

St Margaret’s is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure that all of our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard.

What can we offer?

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Closing date :Monday 4 September 2023

Interview :Wednesday 13 September