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Job summary

Main area
Integrated Geriatric & Stroke Medicine
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
12 months (Fixed term contract to cover secondment of substantive post holder.)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri 7am - 3pm)
Job ref
190-0090-GAC
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£24,169 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59
Interview date
28/05/2025

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Ward Clerk

NHS AfC: Band 2

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic team player with proven admin skills. You need to be flexible and reliable to provide efficient and effective Admin duties supporting the multi-disciplinary team in Integrated Geriatric & Stroke Medicine. We are seeking confident individuals with excellent communication skills and a professional, tactful and diplomatic approach to work within our busy department.  

This is a demanding but interesting and varied role. The successful candidate must possess the ability to work as part of a team and the initiative to work unsupervised when necessary. An understanding of confidentiality is essential as well as a commitment to delivering excellent customer service. You must be educated to a GCSE grade C  or above in English and Maths (or equivalent experience) and have experience working in an admin environment.

Previous hospital experience including knowledge of Lorenzo would be desirable. Effective communication skills and excellent keyboard skills are also essential.  Full training for this post will be provided.

The post will predominantly be at the Northern General Hospital but you may on occasion be asked to cover on our wards at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital therefore  a flexible approach to working  is required. 

 

 

Main duties of the job

To support the Nursing and Medical teams with the provision of a comprehensive administration service. 

  • Working Monday - Friday 7am - 3pm 
  • Maintain the Patient Administration and provide admin support to the wards, nursing staff and managers.

 

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff.  This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE at Grade C/4 in English and Maths (or equivalent qualifications) or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ Level II in Business Administration / Customer Service / IT

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working within an office environment
  • Experience of working in a public facing role.
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant experience within the NHS

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of / experience of using information and/or customer service systems.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages including Outlook, Excel and Word.
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience Infoflex / 59R Software
  • Previous experience of PAS / Infoflex / SystmOne (area specific software)

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tracey Butler
Job title
IGSM Service Coordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07356119885
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