Ward Clerk

Would you like to be a vital part of Bolton’s Children’s Services?

We are seeking to appoint a ward clerk, who play an integral role in the service delivery within E5 & F5 Children & Young People’s Unit. The post holder should have excellent communication skills, be able to provide good customer service and be able to undertake administrative duties.

The post consists predominantly of providing care & assistance to children and their families. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake clerical duties and general administrative work to ensure a quality service is maintained. Experience with IT systems is essential.

This post will involve working unsocial hours including evenings and weekends

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the north west side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. We have been given a CQC rating of Good. Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.

The Family Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care for maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children’s services. The Division is a Centre of Excellence for Women’s and Children’s services and has a credible and enviable reputation. We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1500 gynaecological procedures each year, making us a specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in the North West Sector of Manchester and beyond.

Main responsibilities include updating IT systems, handling health records in the department, welcoming children and their families onto the unit as well as performing general administrative duties such as updating local spreadsheets and checklists.