# Senior Administrator (Ward Clerk)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Birkenhead
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Working over a 5 day rota mon/fri
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (08:30 to 17:00, 5 days per week Monday to Friday no bank holidays)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-04T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-05-21T13:07:35.259Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Wirral/Wirral_Community_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administrative_Clerical/Administrative_Clerical-v7864965
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7864965?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wchc.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Administrator to work within a dynamic, innovative and friendly team within the Community Intermediate Care Centre  in Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Administrator with a passion for high quality care. Candidates require experience of working within a busy administrative role, and need to possess strong administrative skills and are team focused.  You will be working supporting the multi-disciplinary team with their administrative tasks and supporting the wards and aiding your own professional development. Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the development of staff and provides learning opportunities to enhance individual and team opportunities.

The successful candidates will work alongside the Ward Manager as well as the other members of the Team. The role will also require flexibility in administrative and clerical cover as required meeting the needs of the service. You will be an integral part of the team providing telephone cover as well as other administrative tasks as required.

If you feel you have the skills, attributes and experience required for this role then we would love to hear from you.

Applications are welcome from those interested in a job share opportunity

We are an equal opportunities employer

Flexible Working opportunities are available

### Main duties of the job

Please refer to the documents attached which detail the job description and main responsibilities for this role along with the person specification requirements

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the documents attached which detail the job description and main responsibilities for this role along with the person specification requirements

## Job Details

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Administrator to work within a dynamic, innovative and friendly team within the Community Intermediate Care Centre  in Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Administrator with a passion for high quality care. Candidates require experience of working within a busy administrative role, and need to possess strong administrative skills and are team focused.  You will be working supporting the multi-disciplinary team with their administrative tasks and supporting the wards and aiding your own professional development. Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the development of staff and provides learning opportunities to enhance individual and team opportunities.

The successful candidates will work alongside the Ward Manager as well as the other members of the Team. The role will also require flexibility in administrative and clerical cover as required meeting the needs of the service. You will be an integral part of the team providing telephone cover as well as other administrative tasks as required.

If you feel you have the skills, attributes and experience required for this role then we would love to hear from you.

Applications are welcome from those interested in a job share opportunity

We are an equal opportunities employer

Flexible Working opportunities are available

## Job Description

Please refer to the documents attached which detail the job description and main responsibilities for this role along with the person specification requirements

## Responsibilities

Please refer to the documents attached which detail the job description and main responsibilities for this role along with the person specification requirements

## Person Specification

### Personal Qualities

**Essential**

- Proactive
- Patient
- Flexible, Adaptive and Creative
- Professional
- Team player with an awareness of team dynamics
- Ability to work over a 7-day rota to cover weekends as required
- Ability to use own initiative but understand the need to seek advice  when necessary

### Skills and Atributes

**Essential**

- Ability to communicate sensitively with all staff groups, patients and their families
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
- Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
- Ability to produce work of a high standard with attention to detail
- Good organisational skills

### Experience and knowledge

**Essential**

- Previous experience of dealing with the public and taking telephone  enquiries
- Experience of maintaining patient waiting lists
- Experience of managing diaries for meetings
- Experience of maintaining databases and information systems

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of working in the NHS

### Qualifications and professional training

**Essential**

- NVQ Level 3, AS or A Level, Baccalaureate or equivalent experience
- Demonstrable working knowledge of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and Outlook

**Desirable**

- Evidence of continued professional development within last 12  months

## Documents

- [person spec - senior admin (pdf, 263.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10137736)
- [senior admin ward clerk jd (pdf, 992.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10137735)

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