Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Care Services
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26 hours per week (plus unsocial hours)
- Job ref
- 153-ME03802-C
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole Hospital
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Day Shift - Emergency Admissions Officer - Emergency Care Services
Band 3
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
Emergency Care Services
Emergency Admissions Officer (Band 3) - 26 hrs
We have an exciting opportunity available in our friendly team as an Emergency Admissions officer.
You will be a positive individual with the ability to work well under pressure. It is important that you are organised, computer literate and able to communicate effectively and respectfully with the wider multidisciplinary team as well as the patients who use the service.
Our team collectively provides an essential service to the Trust, and you will play an integral role within the department as an administrator.
This is a part time post of 26 hours per week, you will be required to cover 7.5 hour shifts between 07:45-21:15, which will be allocated on a Rota basis. We are a 24/7 service so this will include occasional Bank Holiday and weekend working. You will also be required to be flexible in covering colleague’s annual leave or sickness as per Trust policy.
Please note: if this role requires you to have a DBS check this amount will be reclaimed from your salary on appointment.
Base Location: Poole
Interview Date: TBC
Previous applicants need not apply
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE standard to include English Language and Mathematics Grade C or above (or equivalent)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of computers and knowledge of office practices
- Understanding of the importance of confidentiality.
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written
- Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent attention to details
- To be able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Glynis Tanner
- Job title
- Emergency Admissions Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 8677
- Additional information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Glynis Tanner (Emergency Admissions Manager) - 0300 019 8677 / [email protected] (not available on Wednesday)
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