Variety of work environments across different inpatient services, keeping the role interesting and engaging.
Opportunities for flexible working hours, allowing for better work-life balance.
Invaluable experience in a healthcare setting, enhancing customer care and communication skills.
Contribution to patient care and support, making a positive impact on the community's health outcomes.
Comprehensive benefits package, including generous annual leave, sick pay, and NHS Pension Scheme.
Access to professional development opportunities and support for well-being, such as stress and financial assistance.
The Peripatetic Ward Clerk position at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is a permanent, full-time role that requires a confident and flexible individual with strong communication and customer care skills. The successful candidate will join a motivated team, providing vital administrative support across various inpatient services, including wards and patient receptions. Responsibilities include maintaining electronic patient records, updating case notes, and serving as the first point of contact for patients and staff. Availability for varied shift patterns between 7 am and 9 pm, including weekends and holidays, is essential.
The Trust values diversity and is committed to improving the representation of underrepresented communities within its workforce. Benefits for employees include flexible working options, generous leave entitlement, NHS pension scheme, and various health and wellness programs. The role emphasises collaborative teamwork to ensure optimal health outcomes for the local population of 250,000 residents in the Tameside and Glossop areas.
Peripatetic Ward Clerk
Band 2 - 37.5 hours - Permanent
Are you a confident, and flexible person, with excellent engagement, customer care, and communication skills, who can work as part of a creative and motivated team? If you are, we would really like to hear from you!
We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and caring individual to join our Peripatetic Ward Clerk Team, who likes variety and is able to work flexibly, efficiently and independently to support a range of services.
The Peripatetic Ward Clerk role provides essential cover for the administrative roles that support our inpatient services here at Tameside Hospital; this will include; in patient Wards, Same Day Emergency Care & Early Pregnancy patient receptions, as well as general and specialist administration.
There are a variety of shift patterns between the hours of 7am and 9pm across a 7 day footprint and the successful candidate must be flexible to work across these hours/day including bank holidays etc.
Providing a comprehensive ward reception and administration service, the
post holder will, in collaboration with other ward staff, support patients,
relatives and other staff members as a first point of contact. The Ward clerk
will update the Trust Electronic Patient Record (Lorenzo EPR) accurately and
in real time whilst also ensuring patient case notes are available and
appropriately maintained throughout each admission.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
Safety
Care
Respect
Communication
Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills,experienceand knowledgerequired. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full personspecification butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Nov 2024