Ward Clerk

1 month ago

Oldham, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

The NCA are delighted to offer a full time post for a Band 2, full time Ward Clerk to join our friendly, supportive Paediatric Team

We are seeking an enthusiastic, energetic and self-motivated Ward Clerk to be part of a large team of health professionals, who has the ability to meet the challenges of working on a fast paced Children's unit consisting of 4 distinct areas:

INPATIENTS - 25 inpatient beds with scope to open to additional capacity during periods of high demand providing quality care to a large variety of patients with medical and complex needs whilst also providing an expanding paediatric surgical service. CRITICAL CARE - A newly expanded 4 bedded critical care area to care for level 1 and 2 paediatric critical care patients. PAEDIATRIC OBSERVATION & ASSESSMENT UNIT (POAU) - a busy 24hour unit working closely with colleagues in paediatric Accident and Emergency, Primary and Tertiary Care OUTPATIENTS - We provide Outpatient services to children and young people across Oldham and Rochdale from two sites.

You will be part of a team of Ward Clerks working together to meet the needs and demands of the service.

Main duties of the job

As a Ward Clerk you will be able to work on your own initiative, managing your own workload as well as being part of a supportive energetic team. You will be responsible for providing all administrative duties from answering the telephone, updating and ensuring prompt admission and discharges, filing, making case notes and lots more.

Experience of working in the NHS is an advantage but not essential as full training will be given. You must be computer literate desirable to the NHS systems and have excellent communication and customer service skills with the ability to approach families in a sensitive manner.

About us

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.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:

We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.

In line with the Trust's Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, marital status, social background or trade union membership.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good standard of general secondary education; including GCSE Maths and English language or equivalent

Desirable

Willingness to undertake further Study European Computer Driving Licence

Knowledge, Training + Experience

Essential

Office / Clerical work experience Experience of working within a team Able to work using own initiative

Desirable

Previous work within hospital or caring environment with families, mothers, and babies

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Good communication skills (Written + Verbal) Excellent Keyboard / Computer Skills Data input + retrieval skills Excellent Organisation Skills Ability to use outlook

Desirable

Use of PAS and other Trust systems

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