Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-AC294-0724
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £22,720 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Clerk
Band 2
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
We are looking for a friendly, approachable individual to work as a ward clerk on Ward 16 POWH within the Surgical directorate.
We aim to provide a high standard of care within our ward and are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, motivated and has a friendly manner and strong work ethic to join our team.
Good organisational and communication skills are essential as well as a flexible approach to work. The successful candidate will require a good general education and ideally have previous ward clerk experience within the NHS. Knowledge of NHS IT systems is desirable although not essential as full training will be given.
The successful candidate will be required to work in a busy environment and have a sensitive, caring and non-judgemental attitude to others.
Main duties of the job
- Undertake general clerical duties and organise own day to day workload
- Receive/welcome new patients to the ward, obtaining/checking records and ensuring notes are in order.
- Compiling sets of blank notes for emergency admission patients.
- Answering the telephone and liaising with nursing staff if required in order to respond to any queries as appropriate.
- Ensure ward IT systems are up to date with admissions and discharges.
- Make outpatient follow up referrals as requested by nursing staff.
- Ensure records are correctly compiled and completed prior to being sent from the ward following patient discharge.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Good standard of general eductaion
Desirable criteria
- ECDL or similar computer qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous admin experience
- Competent computer literacy
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience with IT systems
- Knowledge of medical records
- Previous NHS or similar healthcare environment experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Soraya Luff
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 752199
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