Band 3 Ward Administrator - Critical Care

Job summary

We have a great opportunity working within Critical Care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, for a responsible and enthusiastic individual to join our team of Ward Administrators.

This is a Full time - 37.5 hours - Monday - Friday 0800-1600 vacancy.

The successful candidate will providing a focused administration service within the Critical Care department. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham has the largest single Critical Care Unit in Europe.

We can offer you the opportunity to work in a supportive team, with regular supervision from your line manager to further develop your skills in this area of work. You will also have an annual appraisal in which personal and professional development needs will be identified and a plan agreed on how these can best be achieved. If you are a committed and dedicated person who has an ambition to make a difference, then please apply.

We are seeking a confident, organised, proactive and approachable person for the role. The ideal candidate will already have experience of working within an administrative role. We are looking for people with excellent communication skills and a working knowledge of Microsoft word and Excel. Additional training will be offered as required.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Ordering stationary and other items for Critical Care on Sage.

Providing Administrative support to the nursing team including maintaining the rostering system in regards to annual leave/sickness and mandatory training.

Creating new starter forms for the nursing team.

New starter's paperwork including email requests/parking/ID etc.

Completing workforce information including new starters/leavers and anyone who has changed banding or hours.

Circulating staffing reports to the senior nursing team.

Minuting of meetings within Critical Care.

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Numerate and Literate

* GCSE Grade C or above in Mathematics and English Language or equivalent.

* RSA 2 or equivalent word processing

Experience

Essential

* Experience of working in either a customer facing role or within the general public/patients.

* Experience of a previous admin role in a Health Care Environment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

For help with your application, contact: 

Dave Allbones 

david.allbones2@uhb.nhs.uk 

01213716039