Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory/Medical/ENT
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 236-BCO-AC230-24
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Fairfield General Hospital
- Town
- Bury
- Salary
- £22,383 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Clerk - Acute Respiratory Unit
Band 2
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for full time / part time Ward Clerk on the Acute Respiratory Unit at Fairfield General Hospital.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual with excellent communication skills with the ability to prioritise your own workload.
Main duties of the job
Your role will involve clerical duties to enable the unit to run smoothly. General duties will include filing, handling medical notes, answering the telephone and greeting patients and relatives.
You will possess a good standard of education and have experience of working within a busy customer focussed environment.
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.
For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main 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: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Qualification
Desirable criteria
- NVQ qualification
- RSA2 Typing/Word Processing or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous proven office experience
- Experience dealing with the public
Desirable criteria
- Previous hospital based experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Keyboard skills
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
- Victoria Westerman/Karen Mills
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 778 3101
- Additional information
0161 778 3110
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