Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Surgery
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-AC240-0624
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Glamorgan Hospital
- Town
- Llantrisant
- Salary
- £22,720 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Clerk / Receptionist
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 friendly, approachable individual to contribute to the provision of health care to patients; providing a comprehensive and confidential clerical support in relation to attendances and admissions within ward 9, working as a ward clerk / receptionist within the surgical ward 9 team.
Come and join our busy, supportive and friendly team we are looking forward to hearing from you.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
The Post Holder will be required to perform the full range of duties outlined in the job description. Principal Duties include:
To ensure all patients are admitted, transferred and discharged correctly on the WPAS system.
Ensure all paper based record keeping is maintained in accordance with departmental requirements.
Up-date clinical portal with regards to patients’ movement within the service and those discharged or transferred to other wards/hospitals in an accurate and timely manner.
To input and extract data as required.
To undertake full clerical duties following office procedures to ensure the smooth running of ward 9. This will include filing, scanning, photocopying, retrieving hospital notes, faxing.
Be able to undertake the ward clerk duties i.e. amalgamation of hospital notes, filing, liaising with Consultants and their secretaries etc.
To undertake full clerical duties following office procedures to ensure the smooth running of ward 9. This will include filing, scanning, photocopying, retrieving hospital notes, faxing.
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
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good standard of Education (At least 5 GCSEs ‘C’ grade or above)
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 2 in Administration NVQ 2 or Customer Service
- Knowledge of the importance of confidentiality and data protection
- Understanding the importance of medical records
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous clerical/ administrative experience
- Working with the public
- Working in a busy environment
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience within NHS
- Experience of using NHS systems, e.g. WPAS
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
- Lynsey Roberts
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443509
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