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Ward Clerk
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
825-5706539-OPS-D
Employer
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Town
Shrewsbury
Salary
£22,383 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust logo

Ward Clerk - Rehabilitation and Recovery Unit

Band 2

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here-   https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list

https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements

Job overview

Within STW, the ICB, SaTH & SCHT are committed to integrating to provide improved seamless pathways of care for patients.  This is an exciting time to join Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust as we work in partnership with The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust – our Acute Partners. 

This is your opportunity to join us and be part of the next step in this journey with the introduction of our community Rehabilitation and Recovery Units. 

We are recruiting to a variety of roles working as part of an innovative MDT.  You will be working for Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust with your base at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to the care of patients enabling them to step down to their normal place of residence faster

Main duties of the job

  • To provide full administration and clerical support to the ward multidisciplinary team.
  • To be the first point of contact in welcoming and answering patient/visitor queries on the ward. 
  • To take a lead role in maintaining accurate patient notes and data on the trust electronic patient administration systems at all times.

Working for our organisation

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Descriptions and Person Specification for full details. This is included as an attachment.  

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE grade C or above in English language and Maths or equivalent
  • ECDL or able to demonstrate equivalent standard

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Substantial relevant clerical experience e.g., customer care, keyboard skills, organisation.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria
  • Professional telephone skills / manner
  • Excellent face to face verbal communication eg with potentially anxious and distressed patient and visitors
  • Working knowledge of computerised systems and ability to learn quickly
  • To work effectively alone or as part of a team
  • Good writing skills - message taking / document completion

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Laura Bradshaw
Job title
Businness Support Officer
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07974 080226
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