Clerical Officer Lymphoedema/Tissue Viability | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 26 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,465 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 September 2025 |
| Location: | Accrington, BB5 1RT |
| Company: | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7296210/435-CIC-049-25 |
Summary
The post holder(s) will provide a comprehensive administration and information service in supporting the Lymphoedema, Lower Limb and Tissue Viability service and Admin. They will ensurethatan efficient and confidential service is provided. The post holder will be based at Acorn Centre, but must be flexible in being able to cover across the Pennine sites and as part of the role, could also berequiredto provide cover for planned and unplanned leaveand therefore flexibility to cover at other sites is a prerequisite. They willbe requiredto provideadmin supportas directed by their administration line manager,to ensure continuity of a quality service provision.The post holder will have a good standard of education with qualifications in English and Maths and excellent computer skills are required.The post holder willbe requiredto work both as part of a team and on their own initiative.
Answer telephones, taking andforwardingmessages, ensuring that all telephone callers receive a prompt, courteous,non-judgmentaland well-informed response. Respond to queries, dealing with routine matters and passing more complex queries to the appropriate memberof staff. Provide an administrative service to include correspondence on behalf of the manager and other members of the team, ensuring a high standardin accordance withTrust standards. Assistthe running of an efficient system, dealing with routine referrals and distributing to appropriate clinicalteam.
Established in 2003, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute and community healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
The organisation puts safety and quality at the heart of everything we do, invests in and develops its workforce, works with key stakeholders to develop effective partnerships and encourages innovation and pathway reform to deliver best practice.
We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.
Answer telephones, taking andforwardingmessages, ensuring that all telephone callers receive a prompt, courteous,non-judgmentaland well-informed response. Respond to queries, dealing with routine matters and passing more complex queries to the appropriate memberof staff. Provide an administrative service to include correspondence on behalf of the manager and other members of the team, ensuring a high standardin accordance withTrust standards. Assistthe running of an efficient system, dealing with routine referrals and distributing to appropriate clinicalteam. Monitor andmaintainstock supplies for the team. Responsible foroperatingin line with Trust policy and departmental procedure in respect of tracking and retrieval of health records.Be an advocate for services, responding accurately and appropriately to enquiries and requests for information in relation to service provision.
This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Sep 2025