Ward Administrator
| Posting date: | 08 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 January 2026 |
| Location: | Widnes, WA8 0GT |
| Company: | Elysium Healthcare |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1441222499 |
Summary
Join the team at Gateway Recovery Centre as a Ward Administrator working 37.5 hours per week and enjoy a career where you will be valued and supported in everything you do.
Working alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will provide day-to-day administrative support for the wards, including updating service users’ information, managing the ward diary, updating service users timetables and minute taking.
As a Ward Administrator, you will be responsible for arranging meetings and typing up all correspondence and documentations.
At Elysium, we want the best for you. That’s why you will have continuous access to a range of training courses to enable you to reach your career goals. After all, a better you means better care. That’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.
As a Ward Administrator you will be:
- Assisting in the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective means of systems within the unit, and between units and groups
- Acting as a link between the public, outside professionals and other hospital departments and wards in respect of routine telephone calls and general enquiries
- Making diary entries, room bookings and transport bookings as required
- Maintaining as confidential, at all times, information regarding patients, staff and hospital business
- Maintaining, evaluating, and updating the units filing and record keeping systems
- Providing clerical/typing duties as required, ensuring confidentiality of all clinical/administrative records
- Assisting the Ward Manager in the management of the ward’s budget, ensuring good accounting practice within the activity budget books
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Previous experience within a similar role and/or environment
- Knowledge of healthcare terminology
- Previous experience of typing up medical reports and patient discharge letters
- GCSE English, C or above
Where you will be working:
Location: Bennett’s Lane, Widnes, Warrington, WA8 0GT
You will be working at the Gateway Recovery Centre, a state-of-the-art facility which provides care for men and women with complex Mental Health requirements.
The hospital is split into four distinct areas:
- Male Autism Service for the challenging and complex needs of adults with Autism and Asperger’s syndrome
- Assessment and rehabilitation for women with complex Mental Health needs and personality difficulties
- Specialist inpatient service for older men with complex Mental Health and physical health needs
- Low secure care setting for men with a mental illness with or without personality disorder/mild LD
You will be working alongside the team with the aim to improve the mental health and wellbeing of service users and to help them develop and maintain healthy relationships with others. Gateway Recovery Centre will work to reduce risk behaviours associated with Mental Health conditions so that our patients can ultimately live successful and fulfilling lives within the community.
What You’ll Get:
At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:
- Annual base salary of £25,058
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
- Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
- Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
- Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support
- 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
- Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
- Pension contribution, to help secure your future
- Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking
About your next employer:
Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.