Ward Clerk - Salisbury, United Kingdom - Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time ward clerk for Breamore Ward which is a 12 bedded inpatient ward and a discharge lounge.

The successful candidate will have experience of using windows based PC applications. Be customer focused and committed to providing an outstanding service to our Patients and staff. We are looking for a candidate to work within a existing team, and to have experience of working with the general public in an administrative role preferably within a Healthcare environment. You will be responsible for a wide range of administrative support to In-patients and Clinical teams. The post is for hour worked over 5 days. The successful candidate will start on point one of the salary scale unless able to demonstrate previous NHS experience.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for a wide range of administrative support to In-patients and Clinical teams. Ensuring everything is in place to facilitate the smooth running of a busy ward. Taking telephone calls liaising with other Departments, Patients Families, GP surgeries and referring Hospitals.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Essential and Desirable

Essential

Desirable