Total 79 corporate counsel job vacancies in Australia

Provide effective governance and secretariat support to the Board and its Committees Form an integral part of the NWL Acute Provider Collaborative Corporate Governance support team Assist DoCA in establishing and managing systems for the sound corporate governance of the Trust. Provide effective corporate governance advice across the Trust. Support the Director of Corporate Affairs in the co-ordination and reporting of the Board Assurance Framework. Cover for the Director of Corporate Affairs during periods of absence Ensure that the Trusts approach to maintaining a robust declaration of interests and gifts, sponsorship and hospitality process, is effective and in line with national NHS requirements. Ensure that there is a central record of Trust policies; ensuring the Policy on Policies is followed for developing new policies and updating existing policies; that there is timely renewal of policies; periodically provide a summary status report to the DoCA. Contribute to the review of the Trusts core governance documents; Standing Orders, Scheme of Reservation and Delegation and Standing Financial Instructions. Advise the Board on the relevant areas of the CQC well led domain in relation to corporate governance. To support and advise board members in managing CQC well led domain, using tact, discretion and persuasion where appropriate to ensure compliance.

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process. This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 2nd June 2024. Video Assessment will be carried out 5th – 11th June 2024. Interviews are anticipated to be held on or around 20th June 2024 – subject to confirmation. For informal enquiries please contact; Silena Dominy, Company Secretary at silena.dominy@nhsbt.nhs.uk.

The job description and person specification give you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Cardiff & Vale University Health Boards South Wales Adult Congenital Heart Disease Service is based in University Hospital, Wales within the Specialist Services Clinical Board and is also part of the wider South Wales and South West CHD Network. The post offers an exciting opportunity for a Practitioner Psychologist - Band 7. The post holder will join an established specialist multi-disciplinary service for people living with congenital heart disease, their families, and care networks. The post holder will provide direct psychological care for those living with congenital heart disease and their families. The post-holder will work under close direction of the Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist who is based in the team. You will join a multidisciplinary team. The work includes many clinical aspects including inpatient ward work, outpatient work, individual and group interventions, preparation for transplantation, ensuring excellence in transitional care, and working on innovative delivery methods for psychology. For example, we are currently piloting outdoor based wellbeing groups. The post is the main source of psychological expertise for people with adult congenital heart disease in South Wales. Part of the role is supporting and working jointly with our specialist multidisciplinary staff. Psychological skills and expertise are highly valued within our services. You will join a small and dynamic MDT. There is an opportunity to help develop and improve psychological care within congenital heart disease - via service development, innovation, consultancy, and skills teaching/training. The post is part-time and would suit someone interested in developing their career applying psychology to medical settings. It is essential for this post to hold a Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent), and to be a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist. This is an exciting time to join Cardiff and Vale UHB as there is a thriving Clinical Health Psychology & Neuropsychology Speciality, and an increasing awareness of the importance of psychological factors in medical settings. There is an active professional network for clinical/practitioner psychologists in South Wales. You would be supported to develop your professional, leadership, and clinical skills via CPD opportunities. Expressions of interest and visits are most welcome. You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Financial Reporting and Business Intelligence Produce high quality, timely, accurate and appropriate analytical and interpretive financial management information to Senior Finance Business Partners, Finance Business Partners, General Managers, the senior management team, operational managers and other senior staff throughout the Trust. To the agreed deadlines, prepare robust annual budgets, standard monthly forecasts, standard monthly management accounts (including variance analysis), Board reports, and external regulatory reports that meet the specified requirements, the needs of the business and support the work of the Senior FBPs. Support the quantative and statistical methods of financial analysis to support the development of business cases, planning and budget setting processes, cost improvement initiatives and other ad hoc internal and external reports. Contribute to the development and implementation of policies and procedures to deliver an efficient and effective month end process and ensure there is a robust process for the dissemination of the relevant information in a timely manner. Adhere to the standard operating procedures and KPIs to deliver a high quality service across all areas of own responsibility. As part of the month end process provide variance analysis and identify areas for investigation. Support the FBPs and the Income team to identify the financial consequences of these changes on the Trusts Income and Expenditure budgets. In conjunction with the Finance Business Partner prepare the monthly budget upload journals, forecasts and journal amendments to ensure the integrity of the financial management reporting information. Support the Finance Business Partners by attending budget holder meetings and relevant operational business meetings to improve the quality of the narrative circulated as part of the month end process. Distribute the month end reports in accordance with the month end timetable. Working with Head of MA Analytics and the Financial Business Partners to ensure the delivery of accurate and timely reporting of financial information to appropriate levels of management.

The job description and person specification give you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Job Purpose: Providing finance and business information support for the delivery of the organisation's finance and business intelligence functions. Process and analyse financial information in accordance with the organisations procedure in order to provided information for monthly finance reports. Main Duties/Responsibilities Finance To provide management accounting support to the organisation, preparing financial information and advice to enable the organisation to operate effectively. To reconcile control accounts and to use the financial ledger to analyse variances and correct anomalies. Validation and coding of all output from the monthly payroll process to ensure all payments are in accordance with the budgets. Identification and correction of errors to ensure financial data is correct. To process invoices for payment, including accurate coding, after ensuring goods and services have been satisfactorily delivered and properly requisitioned. To process payments through Bankline as authorised by the policies of the organisation. To analyse financial variances between budgeted and actual data and identify trends in expenditure. To support the timely completion of monthly and annual accounts. Produce costings to contribute to the formulation of service budgets in the annual budget setting process. To be responsible for setting up new suppliers within the organisations financial management system. To liaise with all stakeholders to help them to obtain relevant financial data and to provide them with basic advice and support as necessary. To support the Finance & Contracts Director in undertaking regular meetings with the service heads/managers, to highlight and discuss any issues on financial data. This will involve checking and auditing data for accuracy and completeness. Write, modify and process appropriate reports, schedules and documents and, if appropriate, print and distribute each financial period to budget holders. Contribute to the completion of annual statutory returns adhering to strict timetables. To assist in the delivery of financial awareness training to all levels of management within services. Informal training will be provided to budget holders and managers in relation to financial issues on an agreed basis. To support the Finance & Contracts Director to identify areas that require improvements and escalate as appropriate, contributing to improving finance data as required. To support the review of the organisations finance and contracting policies and procedures to ensure these remain fit for purpose and accounts for current guidance and legislative requirements. To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of this post in order to provide quality services within Viaduct Care. Business Intelligence and Information To support the Business Intelligence Manager in the preparation and production of relevant reports. To use tools available such as Excel and Tableau to provide information to support to the organisation and in particular to the individual service areas. To work on specific projects as agreed with the Business Intelligence Manager. To support the Business Intelligence Manager in the administration, production and communication of information to key stakeholders. To help develop a relationship between the Business Intelligence Department and services to develop the use of information. To liaise with all stakeholders to help them obtain relevant data and to provide them with basic statistical advice and support as necessary. To support the Business Intelligence Manager in undertaking regular meetings with the service heads/managers, to highlight and discuss any issues on data quality and performance. This will involve checking and auditing data for accuracy and completeness. To escalate security incidents to the Business Intelligence Manager via the documentation contained within the organisations IT Security policies and procedures. Standard Clauses Performance Management Objectives for the post will be the subject of overall agreement and regular review between the post-holder and their line manager. An annual performance review will be conducted by the line manager with relevant input from other stakeholders. Confidentiality and Compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 The post holder must maintain confidentiality regarding information about patients, staff and other Viaduct Care business in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. All employees of Viaduct Care must not, without prior permission, disclose any information regarding patients or staff. In circumstances where it is known that a member of staff has communicated information to an unauthorised person, those staff will be liable to dismissal. Moreover, the Data Protection Act 2018 also renders an individual liable to prosecution in the event of unauthorised disclosure of information. Health and Safety All employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to ensure that the agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and employees. Review and ensure systems are in place for the proactive management of risk registers. Infection Control All employees of Viaduct Care are required to contribute to the management of infection control and be proactive in awareness raising and prevention. Ensure that all guidelines, protocols and procedures undertaken within the service are in line with evidence based practice for infection control. Safeguarding All employees of Viaduct Care have a responsibility to protect and safeguard vulnerable people (children and adults). They must be aware of child and adult safeguarding procedures and must speak to the Viaduct Care chair in the first instance for further advice. All employees are required to attend safeguarding awareness training and to undertake additional training appropriate to their role. Equality and Diversity Employees should promote diversity and equality of opportunity within Viaduct Care. Build a culture where everyone is valued and equipped to do their job. All employees must carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with Viaduct Cares Equality, Diversity and Human Rights policies, avoiding unlawful discriminatory behaviour and actions when dealing with colleagues, service users, members of the public and other stakeholders. Sustainability All employees of Viaduct Care have a responsibility for working in a low carbon environment, where energy is used wisely and not wasted. Environmental impact should be reduced by recycling where possible, switching off lights, computers, monitors and equipment when not in use, minimising water usage and reporting faults promptly. This job description aims to illustrate the range and nature of responsibilities held by the post holder. The list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive and the post holder is expected to be flexible in their approach to meet the organisations needs. The duties associated with the post will inevitably vary and develop and therefore the role will be reviewed on a regular basis and changes made in consultation with the post-holder.

Corporate Administration Support Meetings Coordination To forward plan and manage meetings calendar for Finance & Performance Subcommittee and Operational Delivery Subcommittees. To co-ordinate and manage all administration tasks related to these meetings including minute taking, arranging venues/rooms, and ensuring the agenda and related documents are collated and circulated in a timely manner. To cover other business meetings if needed, such as Board. These may sometimes be outside of usual working hours which will require some flexibility. Taking accurate complex minutes or actions, ensuring decisions are recorded, referenced and future action is taken at the appropriate level. Ensure that meetings have a forward work programme, and actions are followed up and monitored regularly. PA Support to members of the Corporate Senior Management Team Provide a comprehensive and efficient administration support to members of the Corporate Senior Management Team as required. The Head of Business Assurance and Development will support the postholder with the management of this workload. Provide diary management, ensure that appointments are planned and coordinated, and run to schedule. The postholder will be supported to prioritise the high-level completing demands to ensure an appropriate balance in the daily scheduling in line with preferences, responsibilities, or project plans. Organise and plan meetings and events as directed, including sending invitations, booking venues, making travel arrangements, and providing relevant papers and material. Provide high quality support to ensure they are managed and delivered effectively. Regular liaison with member of Corporate Senior Management Team to ensure awareness of priorities. Organise and support the production of reports, papers, presentations, and other similar documentation in accordance with requirements of the team. Follow up and take forward any key pieces of work as directed by the Head of Business Assurance and Development. Assurance To support the administration of the Strategic Objectives spreadsheet during Senior Management Team meetings. To assist in the creation of, and the timely submission of, additional reports for Invicta Health services as required. These may be used to support the Senior Management Team in decision making and in the production of reports for assurance. To assist in the maintenance of the Service Contract Tracker, detailing each of the service contracts and the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) required for each service. To provide support with due diligence of new business opportunities. To assist in the collection, input and reporting of data relating to specific areas within the organisation as guided by the Head of Business Assurance & Development. Risk Register To provide administrative support in the maintenance of the Corporate Risk Register. Policy and Protocol Maintenance To assist in the maintenance of the Policy and Protocol spreadsheet tracking when documents are due for review. To assist in updating documents following ratification with regards to formatting, version control and ensuring documents are accessible to staff. Insurances, memberships, leases and registrations To be aware of the monitoring of these and assist as needed including maintenance of Contract Compliance Spreadsheet. Assist with any other related tasks as needed. Administration Support & Communication To work within the wider administration team and support with the answering of the telephones and email queries. Help to monitor the Invicta Health inbox and action/forward or refer as appropriate. Support the Senior Management Team with formatting and distribution of organisation wide communications. Maintain confidentiality at all times and understand the importance of accuracy and excellent data quality. Support the corporate administrative team with internal and external enquiries, responding to telephone calls, e-mails, and other channels of correspondence, using initiative to action/forward or refer as appropriate. Assist with any corporate branding tasks as needed. Support with back end of the website during periods of leave of the Corporate Affairs Manager. Develop and maintain databases as required by the role. To maintain a professional manner as a point of contact with external providers as required. General Duties To work collaboratively and professionally with colleagues across Invicta Health, building and maintaining relationships. To contribute to the development of services, including processes, templates and principles. To ensure that strict confidentiality is observed at all times, especially when dealing with personal information. To take part in any statutory and mandatory training or other training and development programmes as requested. Any other reasonable duties as directed by your line manager. Due to the changing nature of Invicta Health, job descriptions will evolve and are therefore subject to periodic review. Full terms and conditions of employment will be issued if an offer of employment is made.

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Please refer to the full job description and person specificatoin attached. JOB DESCRIPTION Base John Radcliffe Hospital as the base but the role covers all sites Grade Band 9 Directorate Assurance Responsible to Chief Assurance Officer Accountable to Chief Assurance Officer Responsible for Corporate Affairs Legal Services, corporate legal advice Other 1. Job Summary The role of Legal Counsel (LC) at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to advise and guide the Trust in all Corporate Affairs and Assurance department legal matters and to ensure that the Trust is legally compliant in its internal and external undertakings. This role is of particular importance in light of the current environment of uncertainty and change in which the Trust is operating, and the LC will advise the Trust on the implications of potential legislative changes and on other strategic and organisational developments where not already covered by other in-house legal advisors. The LC leads, oversees and coordinates the Trusts Corporate Affairs Legal Services and Subject Access teams, and works alongside other legal functions within the Trust. The LC has responsibility for ensuring that the Corporate Affairs Legal Services and Subject Access teams provide high quality advice, operate in a cohesive and mutually supportive way, and that legal advisers under line management maintain their professional development requirements and develop necessary skills and abilities to enhance their value to the Trust. The LC oversees the approach the Trust takes to sourcing internal and external legal advice, ensuring an appropriate balance and continuously reviewing the value for money and quality of the legal advice received. The LC will identify areas of risk where Corporate Affairs legal input is required, and develop and manage recommendations as to how best to resource this requirement. The LC has the core gatekeeper role of ensuring both the legality and integrity of decision-making at the Trust, and of compliance generally with all non-clinical legal requirements. The LC will be responsible for the formulation of long-term strategic plans to drive financial savings in the Trusts legal costs, working collaboratively with other in house legal advisors. In particular, they will be expected to develop business plans and business cases with long term savings targets. The LC also contributes to the success of the Trusts corporate strategy and consequential projects for patient benefit both now and into the future by participating proactively and creatively in relevant business activities. In doing so the LC will work alongside other legal teams within the Trust if needed. The LC will be responsible for the development of relevant corporate policies and procedures for the oversight of the Trusts legal proceedings and for compliance with Law Society requirements. The LC provides pragmatic and solutions-based legal advice to the Chair, Chief Executive and all other Board Directors, to Board and Executive Committees and to wider senior management teams and individuals as required. In summary, the LC is an essential adviser to the organisation in: horizon scanning, identification and management of legal risk to (i) help empower Trust colleagues to act and transact within the parameters of legal compliance and (ii) reduce as far as possible the Trusts necessary commitment to event remediation, including disputes and litigation. managing non-clinical legal adding business value through effective and efficient use of legal 2. Key Relationships The key relationships for the LC will be as follows: Daily/frequent contact with the Chief Assurance Officer and Director of Corporate Affairs, and Director of Regulatory Compliance and Assurance. Regular contact with the Chief Executive and other Executive and Non-Executive Board members and with the wider senior management team. 3. Duties and Responsibilities The duties and responsibilities for the LC will be as follows: Review of Corporate Affairs legal advice sourced internally and externally by the Trust, identifying any gaps and overlaps, providing a quality assurance function and ensuring the Trust makes effective, efficient and economic use of legal services at all times. Providing personal support and counsel to the Chair, Chief Executive and all other Directors/executives/members of senior management as may be required. Ensure compliance with all relevant corporate and commercial law requirements, and those of national oversight bodies and regulators. Professional lead for all lawyers within Corporate Affairs; as required, lead, motivate and develop lawyers as may be specified. Bring together a forum of senior in house lawyers periodically to share best practice and agree any cross functional approaches. Accountable for ensuring the Legal Services function within Corporate Affairs, provide an effective service of advice and support in relation to medical litigation and personal injury claims, inquests, care proceedings and other related issues. Ensure that the Legal Services function within Corporate Affairs provides the skills, knowledge and expertise to commission appropriate external legal advice, within a specific financial envelope. Responsible for the oversight of the Corporate Affairs Legal Services and Subject Access teams budget and for the reduction of spend on external legal advice, with specific identified savings targets to be delivered. Improve legal governance and attendant decision-making against clear accountability. Responsible for the use and development of specific information systems used within the Corporate Affairs Legal Services and Subject Access team functions, for the development of reporting within the Corporate Affairs Legal Services team and externally to the wider Trust. These should be in line with Trust requirements and the needs of GIRFT and NHS Resolution. Develop the strategy to ensure improvements in the safety and wellbeing of patients are being addressed by ensuring effective learning from medico-legal claims. High quality reporting for the executive and Board on legal Collaborative and supportive working with all other assurance functions in developing reporting and oversight arrangements to enable successful delivery of corporate External representative and ambassador for the Trust, fostering good stakeholder relations at all levels including with the Trusts many partners including those in the AHSC, AHP, ICS and others, specifically act as Trust legal advocate attending court, in person (where required), reacting to cross examination requiring intense concentration on a frequent basis. To act as a champion for patients and their interests, and to involve the governors, members, patients and the public in the Trusts corporate activities whenever To promote an equal and diverse working 4. General Communications / wider working relationships Provide Clinical Divisions and Corporate Departments with relevant information which is organised and presented in such a way that it facilitates and encourages reflection, celebrates success, and drives quality improvements in assessing impact measures appropriately. Maintain effective networking and good partnership relationships, sharing good practice and ensuring lessons learned in other Trusts are applied to within the Trust. Respond to new legislation, relevant to the role. Co-ordinate the approved Trust response to the formulation of relevant legislation. Develop excellent relationships with Board members. Management Accountable for strategic vision across the Corporate Affairs Legal Services and Subject Access team function, ensuring team members have the skills, knowledge and expertise to support the assurance of measures to deliver quality outcomes/Board requirements in clinical and non-clinical areas. Accountable for the leadership and management of employees across the Corporate Affairs Legal Services and Subject Access team function, within the Assurance Directorate; ensuring that innovative and forward-looking practices are developed to maximise the efficiency and productivity legal services at the Trust and appropriate line management arrangements are in place to facilitate effective operational management of all staffing issues. Promote a high performance and professional ethos within the teams. Ensure that staff in their remit are trained, supervised and appraised appropriately to equip them to carry out their work effectively and efficiently. Manage and ensure the production of all appropriate reports and forward plans to relevant regulatory bodies and ensure that they are available for public inspection. Other Ensure that Information Technology is: Exploited to streamline communications across the Trust. Used as an enabler to and supportive of service modernisation /redesign.

Develop strong professional relationships with the Trust MHLT/CCATT and key clinicians in HPFT to ensure good lines of communication between the Trust and the mental health practitioners. Act as a key point of contact and liaison for HPFT staff for operational and strategic matter. Demonstrate excellent communication skills across agencies. To work closely with HPFT, mental health commissioners and the wider health system to ensure best care for patients with mental health and complex social need. To generate and sustain relationships that promote dignity, diversity, rights and responsibilities across mental health and wider networks. Contribute to the development of a Trust culture that promotes patient safety and openness to learning. To be actively involved in relevant audits/risk managing. Develop a comprehensive and robust audit programme for mental health care working jointly with HPFT staff. Participate in shared governance forums to provide shared best practice and drive quality care provision within the Trust. Carry out a comprehensive training needs analysis across the organisation to identify training needs of specific staff groups around mental health including a competency framework. Work closely with the Trust training department to ensure the training needs analysis is comprehensive and fits with the Trusts training strategy. Working with key staff within HPFT, develop training programmes specific to clinical areas to deliver comprehensive and relevant training to staff around caring for patients with mental health issues. Lead on the ongoing development of inpatient care plans - a process of patient pathways to manage communication, multi-disciplinary team working, systems and care delivery for inpatient admissions for complex mental health patients across the Trust. Embedding care plans within clinical areas, monitoring, and updating them during inpatient admissions and following discharges. Monitoring the effectiveness of these care plans overall and adapting this to improve patient outcomes and reduction of harm. Lead on the development and integration of the strategic MEED group (medical emergencies in eating disorders) within the organisation co-ordinating the strategic group developing policies and procedures, workplan etc Ensure all Trust policies relevant to mental health are in line with legislation and national guidance e.g., Restrictive Practice policy, Suicide prevention policy. Be responsible for developing relevant policies and standard operating procedures, engaging with relevant staff, and ensuring relevant governance processes are followed. Ensure promotion and awareness to staff around any new policy or SOP.

Role summary To deliver high quality and efficient corporate governance support for the Trust Board, Audit Committee and Executive Directors meeting and work closely with the Corporate Secretary to ensure delivery of effective corporate governance. To be responsible for the efficient and effective running of both the Trusts Board on a monthly basis and the Executive Directors meeting on a weekly basis. This will include full engagement with the Chair, the Chief Executive, all Non-Executive directors and Executive Directors. The post holder will need to establish strong relationships and inspire confidence from those working at the most senior level. They will work with minimal supervision in an organised, efficient manner in order to maximise the effective use of both their own time and that of the Trust Board. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that Board papers are issued to required deadlines and that the meeting, held in public, runs smoothly and efficiently. It is essential that the post holder is conscientious, meticulous and can act with autonomy and is confident in engaging and communicating to a high standard, while maintaining confidentiality at all levels at all times. Plan the annual timetables, arrangements and production of agendas and reports for meetings, liaising with the Corporate Secretary and senior leaders as required. Support the Executive Office team as and when required including covering PA duties. Key responsibilities Principal responsibilities For Board of Directors, Audit Committee and Executive Director meetings: Ensure that the Trusts Board is run effectively to deliver appropriate senior engagement, scrutiny and decision making in line with the well-led guidance. Continuously engage with Board members and senior managers to enable Board meetings to be performance focused and responsive to a dynamic working environment. Co-ordinate and enable the weekly Executive Directors meetings to reflect the urgent business of the Trust, principally engaging with the Chief Executive Officer. Co-ordinate and enable the smooth and efficient running of the Audit Committee to ensure that the agenda reflects the priorities of key members and business is successfully delivered. Ensure the timely production of minutes and future agendas for Trust Board, Executive Directors meeting and Audit Committee. Maintain the cycle of business to ensure that the Trust remains compliant with statutory requirements for oversight, remains fully compliant and is responsive to an ever changing agenda/priorities. Be responsible for all enquiries related to the post-holders designated meetings by responding appropriately, engaging across the organisation and signposting as appropriate. Advise and where necessary challenge report writers on the correct format for submitted papers and provide a quality check. Collect, organise and distribute such information, documents or other papers for meetings ensuring members are provided with appropriate information with sufficient time for consideration. Publishing papers as required to fulfil statutory responsibilities. Organise meetings, including approaching and liaising with speakers, confirming appropriate venues and IT and ensuring arrangements for the day are in place. Produce the highest quality minutes which will be published and provided for external inspection by regulators where required and ensure that an action log is kept and maintained. Draft and compile reports and complete research tasks for the Corporate Secretary and other senior leaders. Communicate meeting decisions to those required to implement them, and ensure that actions, tasks and matters arising are assigned and managed appropriately and to the required timetable, reporting back as required General: To comply with Trust policies. Undertake all duties of the post in a professional manner, maintaining confidentiality pertaining to patient or staff issues. Carry out any other duties that may reasonably be requested of the post holder to facilitate the smooth running of the Executive Office function.