Ward Clerk

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
Ward H5 is a busy neurosurgical Emergency Admisison units accepting patients from all acorss Greater Manchester.

This is a dual role divided between ward clerk
Ensure that patient admission documentation is maintained appropriately and that a record is kept of clinical activity, as required- After appropriate training, take responsibility for accurate data entry and retrieval via computer e.g., P.A.S., Case note tracking, Open eyes, radiology and pathology and other systems.The roles involve working Monday - Fri 16:00 - 20:00

**Main duties of the job**:
This is a busy patient facing reception desk with constant phone calls and queries, IT skills, good telephone manner and excellent organisational skills are a must.

We are a multi-disciplinary, happy, diverse ophthalmic team, working on a busy ward, operating on patients with various eye conditions plus a busy emergency clinic running alongside.

We are looking for someone who wants a challenge and is willing to be flexible

**Working for our organisation**:
Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place destined to be different. Salford puts co-operation and co-design at the forefront of its health and social care. This is the place with community based integrated care at its heart.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Maths and English GCSE level A-C

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- 3 years minimum admin/office experience
- Office/other clerical experience

**Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Good communication skills (written & verbal)
- Literacy/Numeracy Skills Keyboard/Computer skills/ability to input and retrieve data on computer
- Organisational skills
- Ability to deal with difficult situations both on the phone and face to face

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