Ward Clerk - Abingdon Community Hospital - OSRU - Evenings
| Posting date: | 23 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 September 2025 |
| Location: | Abingdon |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75731366 |
Summary
Are you a people person looking for new and exciting role in administration?
Abingdon Community Hospital, OSRU ward is seeking a hardworking and enthusiastic individual to join the dedicated administration team on a part-time basis. This role is essential in supporting the smooth running of our services and offers a great opportunity to contribute to patient care in a supportive and friendly environment. The successful candidate will work Monday to Thursday from 4:00pm to 8:00pm and Friday from 5:00pm to 8:00pm, providing vital administrative support during the evening. If you are organised, reliable, and passionate about making a difference, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The successful individual will be motivated and enjoy working in a challenging and busy environment providing a comprehensive administration service.
You will need to have excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively deal with a diverse range of people in a sensitive and confidential manner. You will have good organisational and IT skills including Microsoft Office .
You will be a confident individual who is able to use their own initiative to manage competing and conflicting demands.
Working for our organisationOxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Person specification Educated to GCSE level or equivalant Essential criteria- Grade C or above
- Equivalent experience
- Able to communicate effectively with different audiences, including patients, their relatives and other staff.
- Customer service experience
- Proven experience of working in an office environment.
- Previous NHS experience or equivalent
JD&PS (PDF, 469.4KB)
Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)
Recruiter Contact DetailsName: Victoria Boodell
Title: Operational Support Manager
Email: victoria.boodell@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01865 904892