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Location
Salary
£24,169 per annum
Profession
Administrative and IT
Grade
Band 2
Deadline
21 Jul 2025
Contract Type
12 months (Fixed term for 12 months)
Posted Date
07 Jul 2025

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Centre for Independent Living, Brickfields for a highly motivated and enthusiastic  Clerical officer to join our Administrative Hub supporting the Community Equipment services and wheelchair service.  This role will be supporting the multi-disciplinary teams based in the CIL.

Main duties of the job

  • Answering all incoming telephone calls
  • Providing cover on Centre of Independent Living (CIL) Reception
  • Providing a clinical administration and clerical service to support the team members, ensuring that reports including those for assessment, progress & discharge and any other clinical correspondence are accurately produced within agreed timescales/service targets, and adopting a range of approaches for recording data to ensure it is input to required standards, along with distribution to appropriate internal & external sources. Ensure an effective filing and retrieval system is maintained.
  • Inputting emailed referrals to ICES and Wheelchair Service, and online orders to the ELMS database
  • To take part in,  meetings and huddles relating to area of work

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provide an administrative, secretarial and clerical service to support the Team members, ensuring that letters, memos, reports are accurately produced within agreed timescales, data is input to required standards, and an effective filing and retrieval system is maintained.

Effective liaison with multi-disciplinary staff/patients/carers/outside agencies ensuring accurate information is communicated as and when required, including reception/switchboard duties dealing with enquiries from clients and the public.

Responsibility for the processing of incoming and outgoing mail, including prioritising, sorting and action as necessary

Responsibility for arranging clinics, booking appointments and associated data entry including the retrieval and maintenance of patient records.

Responsibility for the maintenance of client database including the collection of statistics.

Arranging, when required, meetings and taking minutes, ensuring accurate transcription and distribution.

Ensuring the maintenance of the referral pathway process following Service procedures including liaison with other agencies.

To support the completion of Staff Variation Lists and payroll documentation, including medical certificates, as directed by the Team Manager, ensuring documentation is accurate and completed within designated timescales and forwarded to the Payroll Department.

Ensure appropriate records are maintained as directed by Line Manager.

Contribute to the ordering of stationery supplies and associated procedures

Participate in the provision of cover and support to colleagues as required.

Participate in the local induction process for new staff.

Participate in serious untoward incident investigations/reviews as required.

Support individual's equality, diversity and rights.

Participate in patient and public involvement activities.

Contribute towards service improvement initiatives to enhance quality of patient care.

Provide information and support to service users/carers as appropriate.

Contribute to the continued improvement and quality of the Administrative Support Service.

Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.