# Higher Clerical Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/higher-clerical-officer/77550641-0296-454c-99ca-9f8d15a7a12b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/higher-clerical-officer/77550641-0296-454c-99ca-9f8d15a7a12b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Salford - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-23T08:01:01.672Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Oldham/Northern_Care_Alliance_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8103026 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8103026?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An opportunity has arisen for a Higher Clerical Office to join us to be  responsible for providing clerical services for the Trust Catering Department at Royal Oldham Hospital. The aims of the department are to provide a high quality, customer focused, cost effective, and well-presented service, providing a service to suppliers, service users, staff, visitors and patients. You will ensure purchasing procedures are adhered to, work with purchasing and suppliers to unsure all provisions are received from nominated suppliers and processed within the trust guidelines, correct and economical use of materials, equipment are followed throughout. Duties will include, collation of patient menus, using computer systems for ordering and receiving goods, handling telephone enquiries into the department. Assist in keeping HR and Training records. You will be able to work without supervision in a busy catering office, at the stated place of work. ### Main duties of the job - To work as part of an Admin team, responsible for the collation of Patient meal orders. You will use NHS computerised systems for ordering stores and goods receiving. You will also keep accurate records of all purchases and inter departmental transfers. - To be responsible for submitting accurate accounting of all expenditure and income to the Catering Manager at the end of each month. - To keep account of all items transferred from the Catering Department to other divisions within the hospital. - To maintain and keep up to date staff absences, training records, and annual leave. - To deal with calls and correspondence into the department. - To work as part of a time, on all other general office duties. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ## Job Details An opportunity has arisen for a Higher Clerical Office to join us to be responsible for providing clerical services for the Trust Catering Department at Royal Oldham Hospital. The aims of the department are to provide a high quality, customer focused, cost effective, and well-presented service, providing a service to suppliers, service users, staff, visitors and patients. You will ensure purchasing procedures are adhered to, work with purchasing and suppliers to unsure all provisions are received from nominated suppliers and processed within the trust guidelines, correct and economical use of materials, equipment are followed throughout. Duties will include, collation of patient menus, using computer systems for ordering and receiving goods, handling telephone enquiries into the department. Assist in keeping HR and Training records. You will be able to work without supervision in a busy catering office, at the stated place of work. ## Job Description To work as part of an Admin team, responsible for the collation of Patient meal orders. You will use NHS computerised systems for ordering stores and goods receiving. You will also keep accurate records of all purchases and inter departmental transfers. To be responsible for submitting accurate accounting of all expenditure and income to the Catering Manager at the end of each month. To keep account of all items transferred from the Catering Department to other divisions within the hospital. To maintain and keep up to date staff absences, training records, and annual leave. To deal with calls and correspondence into the department. To work as part of a time, on all other general office duties. ## Responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Good communication skills - Able to record information accurately ### Experience **Essential** - Experience working on own initiative - Experience in working in a busy office **Desirable** - Job experience within the food industry ### Qualifications **Essential** - ECDL **Desirable** - RSA 1 Typing ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10397356) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3016) - [functional requirement part a (pdf, 168.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10397357) - [sponsorship & evisa information (pdf, 141.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2708) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.