Job summary
- Main area
- GP OOH's
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term from beginning of contract)
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week (15 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 040-AC357-0925
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Vantage Point House, Ind Est, Ty Coch Way,
- Town
- Cwmbran
- Salary
- £24,833 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Call Handler
Band 2
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [email protected]
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job overview
We are looking for a confident and professional member of staff to join our front line call handling service in Vantage Point House, Cwmbran. The successful candidate will ideally have experience of working in a customer care environment and will be well-organised and able to work under pressure. Excellent computer skills are essential along with the ability to multi-task and respond effectively and efficiently to referrals that are received by telephone.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for processing telephone calls from medical professionals, including GP's , Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) and other healthcare professionals for patients needing to access GP OOH service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
This post is fixed term/secondment for 12 months due to - meet the needs of the service
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
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 General Education
- Computer Literate
- Standard Keyboard Skills
- Understanding of a range of routine work procedures which would require a combination of on-the-job training and a period of induction
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience or knowledge
- Proficient in software packages including Word and Excel
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work and problem solve under pressure whilst achieving targets
- Willingness to work under direction but also a self-starter
- Demonstrate a commitment to achieving high quality standards of work
- Flexible to the needs of the service, energic and determined
- Accurate/Methodical in all aspects of work
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Mark Munday
- Job title
- Operations Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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