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Job overview

The NCA are delighted to offer a part time, 33 hours, post for a Band 2, Ward Clerk to join our friendly, supportive Paediatric Team at the Royal Oldham Hospital.

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.

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.