Band 2 Ward Clerk

Job summary

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

Our vision can be summed up as 'Best Care: Healthy Communities. BCHC exists to provide the Best Care possible to support the people who use our services, many of whom are among the most vulnerable in our society, to live well in Healthy Communities. So if you want be a part of this, we would love to hear from you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the inpatients - Adults and Specialist Rehabilitation Division, to support our clinical services.

The working hours are between Monday - Sunday 8-8.

Main duties of the job

The posts will cover a range of administrative duties, predominately data input, photocopying, telephone answering, monitoring of generic/personal email accounts, scheduling of appointments, pulling patient records. Experience working on Rio. Welcoming visitors.

About us

IMPORTANT

• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oGCSE level or equivalent in Maths and English

Experience

Essential

• oExperience of using word processing packages
• oExperience in a similar administrative/business support role

Desirable

• oExperience working in the NHS or public sector.

Skills/knowledge

Essential

• oKnowledge of database input, producing standard reports
• oKnowledge of electronic patient information systems, Ability to input accurately
• oGood organisation skills
• oIT skills including word, excel and outlook
• oCustomer service experience

Other job requirements

Essential

• oAbility to work as part of a Team
• oApproachable
• oFlexible approach to workload and location
• oFlexibility to cover out of hours
• oAttention to detail

Personal qualities

Essential

• oExcellent interpersonal communication skills (verbal and written)
• oWillingness to undertake training as required