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Job summary

Main area
Medical Records
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref
110-AC076-0525
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda
Town
RCT
Salary
£24,433 - £26,060 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

First Appointments Officer

Band 3

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 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Job overview

This post offers an opportunity to an individual to work within an administrative environment within the Medical Records Department at Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda Hospital.   Cover in the Royal Glamorgan Hospital will be required if necessary.  The post will involve providing support for Outpatient Clinics, managing Outpatient Waiting Lists and booking appointments on the Welsh PAS system.  The successful candidate will be communicating with patients over the telephone.  Knowledge of the Welsh PAS system, RTT rules are desirable.  On the job training will be undertaken and the successful candidate must be numerate, literate and able to work under pressure.

The hours of this post are as follows - Monday - Friday - 08:30 - 16:30 

 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be joining a well established First Appointments Team responsible for the management of Outpatient Waiting lists.

Booking appointments in priority and date order.

initiating the partial booking process

Communicating with patients over the telephone.

The successful candidate must have excellent keyboard skills.

The successful candidate must have a  flexible approach to work as providing support at any other hospital within the Health Board may be required.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh 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 & Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Substantial clerical experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good communication
  • Ability to undertake office procedures through previous experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Working in a busy office environment

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveDisability confident leaderStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.hyderus o ran anableddAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

Applicant requirements

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Diane Chick
Job title
Medical Records Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01443 443233
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