Ward Clerk

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Ward Clerk for Ward L7 at Salford Royal. The role involves essential clerical duties to support the unit, including filing, medical notes, answering phones and greeting patients and relatives.

We value enthusiastic individuals with excellent communication skills, able to prioritise workloads and work well within a busy, patient-centred environment. RSA2 typing/word processing experience is desirable.

Qualifications

• Good standard of education and experience in a busy customer focussed environment.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to prioritise workload.
• Experience working in a hospital setting or with patients is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide clerical support to enable the ward to run smoothly.
• Diling with filing, medical notes, answering telephones and greeting patients/relatives.
• Refer to Job Description for main duties and responsibilities.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Work under pressure

Customer service

Teamwork

Hospital experience

Patient Centre

Education

NVQ qualification

Tools

RSA2 Typing/Word Processing

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Ward Clerk on Ward L7 at Salford Royal which is part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.,

• Your role will involve clerical duties to enable the unit to run smoothly. General duties will include filing, handling medical notes, answering the telephone and greeting patients and relatives., To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
  We are looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals with excellent communication skills with the ability to prioritise your own workload., You will possess a good standard of education and have experience of working within a busy customer focussed environment., Good written and verbal communication skills
• Time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure, Previous office based experience
• Experience working with members of the public
• Experience working within a team, Previous hospital experience
• Previous experience using Patient Centre, NVQ qualification
• RSA2 Typing/Word Processing or equivalent
  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.