Ward Administrator - Taunton, United Kingdom - St. Margaret's Hospice

St. Margaret's Hospice
St. Margaret's Hospice
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Taunton, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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St Margaret's Hospice Care has a fantastic opportunity for a Ward Administrator to join their team. This role is based in Taunton, Somerset.

You will join us on a part time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £11,262.11 per annum.


St Margaret's philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything we do and we expect staff to uphold our values at all times and fulfill our commitment to providing excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families.

We go to great lengths to recruit the right people. We want people with a positive attitude who are willing to go the extra mile, not because they are asked to but because they are passionate about working for St Margaret's


About the role:

We currently have a vacancy for a Ward Administrator within our In-patient Unit. Our Ward Administrators are invaluable to our team, patients and their carers.

They provide proactive, professional, and confidential administration support to ensure the efficient running of the inpatient unit, whilst accommodating the needs and requirements of the wider MDT team.


As an employer, we hope to nurture and develop all our staff to ensure that you are achieving your full potential and actively encourage all staff in their training and education.

Working hours are Monday to Friday with the occasional need to support bank holidays.

As a caring, enthusiastic person, you will thrive on being part of a patient focused team. You will have the ability to work in a demanding role, which requires a high level of self-organisation. You will work autonomously to prioritise your workload but be part of a supportive MDT team.


Responsibilities as our Ward Administrator will include:

  • Effectively assessing, planning and facilitating the efficient provision of all administrative needs arising from the Nursing and Clinical teams.
  • Monitoring administrative procedures and systems and, in collaboration with colleagues, providing expertise and guidance on updates that will ensure compliance with best practice.
  • Delivering a robust and accurate support service for booking Bank and Agency staff cover, including accurately recording information.

Our Core Competencies for our Ward Administrator:


  • Self-awareness
  • Understanding and being aware of yourself and how to react and interact with others
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Leading in your area
  • Regardless of management position, we all lead and take responsibility in our area of work
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Working with others
  • People working together to achieve team and organisational goals and respecting others
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Outcomes and results
  • Organising ourselves to get the job done, delivering a highquality service, and being accountable for the outcomes

Benefits
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Holiday entitlement

  • 33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (prorata if parttime)
  • Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5+ who join directly from the NHS or another hospice
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Pension scheme

  • NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme
  • Non-NHS employees will receive 5% employer and 5% employee contribution
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Life assurance cover - 2x salary
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Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering:

  • Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
  • Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations for employees, their partners, and dependent children as well as Expert Case Management
  • Confidential and free 24hour Employee Assistance
  • Counselling and support
  • Legal, financial, and medical information and advice
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Blue Light Card
  • Discounts on retailers and restaurants saving up to 35%
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Enhanced maternity/paternity leave:

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Excellent learning and development opportunities:


  • Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton:
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Volunteering and fundraising opportunities

  • Eligibility criteria applies
If you have any questions or are interested in finding out more before applying, please visit our website.

If you would like to join our team as our Ward Administrator, we'd love to hear from you.

Closing date - Wednesday 27th March 2024
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