Job summary
Employer heading
Neonatal Ward Clerk
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
The post-holder will provide a comprehensive range of clerical duties to support a multi-disciplinary team including Clinicians and Neonatal Nurse Practitioners.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full detail of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Working for our organisation
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.
Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.
The Family Care Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care in maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children’s services. We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1,500 gynaecological procedures each year. The Trust also has a tertiary level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, enabling 1 in 4 women across Greater Manchester to receive in-utero transfer and birth at extreme premature gestation at Bolton.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full detail of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in a clerical / admin role
Desirable criteria
- Experience in same / similar role
education /Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Minimum standard GCSE ( 4+ English and Maths)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ability to work within a team. Experience of dealing with the public
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to understand and follow policies and procedures
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of the importance of confidentiality, safeguarding and infection control
Skills
Essential criteria
- IT experience
Desirable criteria
- Basic IT skills - willingess to learn
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal skills Good communication skills when dealing with people in person or on the phone
Other
Essential criteria
- Committed to the development and maintenance of good relationships with colleagues and service users.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cath Bainbridge
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01204 390 390
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