Neonatal Ward Administrator

Job overview

**We have an exciting opportunity to welcome an enthusiastic Ward Administrator on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Oldham Hospital.**

Here you will be integrated to an well established multi disciplinary team supporting and delivering excellent quality care to the babies and families which experience neonatal services.

Oldham is one of three tertiary units which supports the North West, Greater Manchester Neonatal Network with babies requiring specialised intensive care.

You will be involved in providing a wide range of administrative services supporting the high quality service delivered on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This post is highly suitable to an applicant who is working at a similar grade within the NHS or working in a non NHS setting with the aspiration to enter into a health care setting.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have a current understanding or be willing to develop an understanding of the neonatal objectives to support the team to undertake their range of duties effectively which demonstrates assurance, performance and utilisation of the Trust values. This will range from arranging meetings with internal and external agencies/professionals in a professional and appropriate manner, diary scheduling, complex minute taking, data collection and interpretation. This is not exhaustive of the duties required and there is an expectation that you will share other administrative duties with non clinical based staff. You will require good IT skills and a good working of MS Office software, experience of compiling reports would be an advantage.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPerson specification

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria
- RSA level II/III or NVQ 3 or equivalent
- ECDL or equivalent /demonstrated skills
- English GCSE/O Level/ equivalent - grade C or above

Desirable criteria
- Shorthand

Experience

Essential criteria
- Experience of office management and secretarial procedures
- Experience of MS office and packages
- Experience of working to deadlines
- Good command of understanding English

Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
- Experience of preparing duty rotas
- Experience of using NHS Trust specific data systems
- Experience of procurement systems

**Skills**:
Essential criteria
- Advanced keyboard skills
- Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Proven organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload with interruptions and changing priorities
- Ability to multi task

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

**For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.***

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