Admissions Officer | Isle of Wight NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata, per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG |
| Company: | Isle of Wight NHS |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6202930/470-24-0004-KS |
Summary
We are recruiting for an Admissions Officer who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.
Are you passionate about supporting quality patient care and would like to be part of a team that provides crucial administrative services to multiple clinical specialty teams, are you looking for a new challenge?
The admissions officer role is key to the delivery of the elective recovery programme, responsible for scheduling a range of surgery across our cancer, urgent and long waiting patient groups
We are recruiting for a permanent position.
The team will consider applications from candidates looking for full and part-time hours.
Following a satisfactory probation period, you will have your own specialty area of responsibility, working closely with our clinical and non-clinical professional staff groups.
Full training will be given in order that you are fully competent in processes and work within national policy & local procedure guidelines.
The successful candidates must have up to date keyboard skills, experience of dealing with members of the public and recent clerical experience (preferably in healthcare). A proven ability to be flexible in responding to ever changing situations is essential.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values areCompassion,Accountable,Respect andEveryone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
If you are a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual, then we want you! This role is crucial to providing and maintaining an efficient and effective service for patients and their families. We are looking for someone who likes to collaborate with others as well as across our amazing organisation. We are also looking for someone that has a great eye for detail. For an informal discussion in relation to the role please contact Lily Bargery via lily.bargery@nhs.net or 01983822099 ext. 2236.
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024
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