To think this job spec is asking the world for very little money?

[naughtybutniceandaspice]

I can't quite believe it.

NHS, I know. But even still. I'm shocked. £20-23k to do all of this?

What do you think?

AIBU?

I have been working in private sector and would get paid over £30k (outside of London), for that.

I work in HR in the public sector and that seems like poor pay for the job description. I don’t think that role is a basic admin role at all. I’m in Scotland and my organisation would class a PA as skilled work (usually a Degree in Business Studies or similar as a minimum). Probably our Band 3 (£27K+). I’ve done loads of admin role before I worked in HR but I couldn’t do the job in the description. Managing more than 2 diaries is hard.

Diary management is admin.

I think this role should be paid at scale 6, In local authority this means approx £26,500. I work for a local council doing a similar sort of thing. £20-23k is too low. Especially in the London commuter belt.

I was paid at scale 6 and had more responsibility and qualifications required.

Our team co-ordinator does more and is paid less. She does diaries for 15, meeting support for 15 ,(Minutes and papers), mind reading for most of us ( including remembering family birthdays - I am grateful), reading, prioritising & filing our emails (I am very very very grateful for this). Our team would not function without her.

This thread is really interesting. Different views on complex tasks and salaries. I'm not sure what I think but agree with the pp who said salaries are always relative.

NJS admin jobs are always very badly paid. Also lots of those jobs were “downbanded”. Medical secretaries in our Trust used to be band 4 they are now band 3. They literally had to accept a lower band or leave.
That job description won’t even contain half of what that person will be expected to do. It will be a very stressful job (nothing in the NHS works smoothly) and frankly for a band 4 it’s not worth it.
Nurses and Doctors pay is also shit but it’s not a race to the bottom!