Ward Clerk

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 at Sheffield Satellite Unit. 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 4/C or above in English and Maths (or equivalent experience) and have experience working in an admin environment.

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

Main duties of the job

As a ward clerk you will be working within Sheffield Satellite Unit to provide a comprehensive administrative service.

You will be dealing with members of the public , internal and extremal agencies a combination of reception based work and coordinating patients transportation.

We are looking for somebody enthusiastic, polite and professional with great communication skills to join our hard working team. They will need experience in dealing with members of the public and providing an excellent service. In addition to this, we are looking for someone comfortable performing office duties such as answering phones and with previous experience using IT systems.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

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.