Band 4 Ward Manager's Assistant - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Oxford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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To provide professional administrative and secretarial support to allocated an ward and ward manager.

The post holder will also line manager a team of ward clerks overseeing their day-to-day duties, training and ongoing development.

We currently have a team of four ward managers assistants who support ward managers for our short stay wards, hyper acute stroke and complex medicine wards.

This is a busy role which lends itself to someone who is organised, enjoys working to tight deadlines and enjoys both working as part of a team but also happy and able to work autonomously.

As a ward manager's assistant you will have a broad overview of the day to day running of the ward, what administrative support your ward manger requires and also oversee supervision, training and development of your allocated ward clerks.

The role of a ward manager's assistant is to provide professional comprehensive and confidential administrative support to their allocated ward manager, you will work closely with your ward manager, actively monitoring admin processes, you will manage the administrative process for the recruitment of new clinical and administrative staff who transfer to a new role and staff who leave the trust, arrange ward meetings/individual staff meetings, take minutes, oversee staff absences and the correct recording of staff absences on Healthroster, attend budget meetings and assist ward manager with ward projects.

You will undertake audits when required to ensure that processes and procedures are adhered to. You will also be responsible for staff appraisals, training and development of administrative staff within your designated team.