Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (working Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:00)
- Job ref
- 110-AC241-0624
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ty Llidiard, Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £22,720 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Clerk
Band 2
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to work as a ward clerk supporting the CAMHS Inpatient Unit at Ty Llidiard, Princess of Wales Hospital. The successful candidate will need to possess excellent organisational skills whilst having the ability to undertake their work within a busy nursing office providing administrative support to nursing colleagues.
The successful candidate will need to have a caring and non-judgmental attitude to issues faced by people with mental health problems and ability to deal with distressed and irate patients/carers with sensitivity and diplomacy.
Ideally the successful candidate will have experience of working within a similar environment and be able to demonstrate their ability to maintain good attention to detail whilst prioritising their work.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide an efficient clerical service to support the smooth running of day to day operational issues within the ward environment.
The post holder will work as part of a busy team, providing reception duties and clerical support to Tier 4 CAMHS In-patient Service based on both Enfys and Seren Wards.
The post holder will work to standard operating procedures, liaising in a professional manner with patients, visitors, colleagues, and other agencies and undertake a wide spectrum of duties to include general office duties, medical record administration duties, reception and telephone duties.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click apply now to view in Trac
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 5 or more GCSE qualifications or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience.
Desirable criteria
- ECDL or similar computer qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of data entry to electronic systems
Desirable criteria
- Previously worked in the NHS or a similar healthcare environment
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a challenging environment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mrs Sam Stroud
- Job title
- CAMHS Locality Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 674955
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