Ward Coordinator - Grantham, United Kingdom - Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

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Grantham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Are you someone with excellent communication and organisational skills? Do you enjoy working as part of a dynamic team? Does a role that offers variety and the chance to make a difference appeal to you? If so, this new and exciting opportunity to join our new Frailty Unit at Grantham District Hospital could be for you.

We are looking for an experienced administrator with strong IT skills, who can use their own initiative and will ensure our Clinical Team on the unit is provided with high quality administrative support.

The post is based at Grantham Hospital but there are Ward Coordinators in each of the 4 other Community Hospitals across the county.

You will work in a team with them and sometimes you may be required to travel to any of our four hospital sites if the need arose.

You will be responsible for clinical system administration and maintenance, ordering consumables and stationery and overseeing the maintenance of medical devices.

You will provide Human Resource/Workforce administration, including arranging appraisals, supporting with recruitment You will also monitor mandatory training compliance and students to arrange student placements.

You will be responsible for the line management, support, education and competency checks for the Ward Clerk team.

You will support with audits, DATIX and other quality, safety and improvement activities and meetings, also assisting with the investigation of complaints.

You will support with Health Roster maintenance related administration or communication with staff to ensure safe staffing levels on the ward at all time.

You will provide support to the ward CTL and Service Lead with procurement and requisitioning procedures and budget management, also manage charitable funds and associated administration.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services is a supportive and friendly place to work.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including the NHS pension, health and wellbeing services as well as many staff network groups.

We have four Community Hospitals across Lincolnshire; John Coupland Hospital in Gainsborough, Louth Hospital, Skegness Hospital and Johnson Community Hospital in Spalding plus the creation of the new Frailty Unit at Grantham.

Each Hospital has between 1-2 inpatient wards which is where these roles are based.

Our aim is to do things the LCHS Way:

We listenwe engage with everyone we work with | we are united | we are always positive

We careeveryone is valued, respected and developed | knowledge and skills are nurtured | success is celebrated

We actClear goals and the right resources | freedom coupled with accountability | emphasis on simplicity

We improvewe are creative, resourceful and innovative | integration & collaboration is the way forward | were always striving to do better

You will be responsible for clinical system administration and maintenance, ordering consumables and stationery and overseeing the maintenance of medical devices.
You will provide Human Resource/Workforce assistance and administration, including arranging appraisals, supporting with recruitment and new starter coordination. You will also monitor mandatory training compliance and liaise with the Leadership and Development team and students to arrange student placements.
You will be responsible for the line management, support, education and competency checks for the Ward Clerk team.
You will support with audits, DATIX and other quality, safety and improvement activities and meetings, also assisting with the investigation of complaints.
You will support with Clinical Team Lead with Health Roster maintenance and any related administration or communication with staff to ensure safe staffing levels on the ward at all time (both clinical and non-clinical staff).
You will assist and support to ensure ESR reporting, Business Continuity Plans and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are kept up to date.
You will assist with dealing with any conflict and solving of problems relating to the ward in a timely manner ensuring a lessons learnt approach to help to continually develop the team using tact or persuasive skills.
You will provide support to the CTL with procurement and requisitioning procedures and budget management, also manage charitable funds and associated administration.