Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-SCCS-1735
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £29,485 - £31,088 pa inclusive pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Critical Care Ward Administrator
Band 3
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are looking for a motivated and positive individual with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. As a Ward Administrator for our Intensive Care Unit, you will be the first point of contact for queries and play an essential role in supporting members of the multidisciplinary team.
You will be responsible for providing a warm, dedicated, helpful and friendly welcome to all relatives and visitors to our department. You will have excellent organisation skills and the ability to work at pace, will ideally have previous experience in working in a patient facing role, along with the capacity to provide a great service in a sensitive setting. People skills are an absolute must, along with the ability to work in a highly demanding yet rewarding environment.
The role is key in day-to-day coordination of administrative tasks as part of a 7-day service and is a part time substantive position. The hours for this post are 26.25 per week and will need to cover our unit visiting times of 11am – 7pm. This role will be based at St Mary’s Hospital although cross-site cover may be required as per the service needs.
Please do not apply if you cannot meet the required hours of service advertised. We look forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
Provide a comprehensive and quality administration service to the designated department and manage and prioritise their workload liaising closely with the other administration staff and management in the Department. Provide administrative support to the wider multidisciplinary team, including Consultants.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- A-Levels or equivalent knowledge or experience
Desirable criteria
- Medical terminology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Administrative experience
- Filing techniques
- Basic IT literacy
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in an NHS institution
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Organisational skills/ability to learn
- Competent use of IT systems
Desirable criteria
- Service sector work (preferably hospital).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Margaret Cramp
- Job title
- Service Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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