Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-AC056-0425
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £23,970 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Clerk, Maternity
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 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to work as a Ward Clerk within Maternity Services at the Princess of Wales Hospital.
We aim to provide a high standard of care within our ward, and we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, motivated, has a friendly manner and an excellent work ethic.
Good organisational and communication skills are essential as well as a flexible approach to work.
The successful candidate will ideally have previous office and front of house experience, ideally within a similar role.
A good general education, 3 GCSE'S or equivalent is required.
Knowledge of Health Board IT systems to include WPAS, Oracle and Welsh Clinical Portal (WCP) would be desirable, although full training will be given.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be able to work in a busy environment and have a sensitive, caring and non-judgmental attitude towards others.
They must have a flexible approach in their role and will be expected to work at least one weekend a month.
Duties will include filing, answering the door and phone, welcoming patients and visitors to the ward and ordering stock.
The successful candidate will be working within a large multi-disciplinary team, whom are welcoming and friendly. The team consists of doctors, midwives ,HealthCare Support Workers, nursery nurses and other specialist staff.
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
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous admin experience within the NHS
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to use electronic information systems/basic word processing packages
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use NHS IT systems
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate effective verbal communication skills with patients, relatives and members of the multidisciplinary team alike
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within the NHS
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Griffiths
- Job title
- Senior Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01685 728895
- Additional information
Rachel Griffiths - Senior Midwife
01685 729985
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