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**:
The Clinical Assessment Unit (CAU) are looking to recruit a ward clerk to work within their administrative support team.

The hours are flexible and will include weekend and evening work as well day shift work.

The CAU unit provides a high quality patient focused service to the Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale area.

CAU is a fast paced, short stay unit providing medical assessment treatment and care for patients that require an inpatient stay in hospital.

**Main duties of the job**:
You will be the first point of contact for patients and staff contacting and attending the unit.

You will provide a wide range of administrative and clerical duties to the unit staff and patients

**Working for our organisation**:
Rochdale Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place destined to be different. Rochdale 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. Rochdale Infirmary, and the adult and children’s community services across Heywood Middleton and Rochdale, consists of professionals from health, social and voluntary sectors. A place leading the way in life-enhancing, integrated care.

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

- Achievement of National care Certificate/willingness to complete

**Desirable criteria**:

- Keyboard skills

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

- Experience of working in a team
- Previous experience of working in a hospital environment

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

- Competent with IT systems

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