Ward Clerk

Join the team at The Chimneys as a Ward Clerk 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 Clerk, 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 Clerk you will be:

• Supporting the admin team with general administration and providing clerical and typing duties
• Use of information technology to produce various documents and electronic information.
• Manage, organise, and update relevant data using database applications including electronic rostering system.
• Maintaining and updating filing and record-keeping systems
• Updating of information (primary nurse lists, ward posters etc.)
• Answering and directing calls as required
• Assist wards as required, e.g. typing duties, stationery, recording of service user medical appointments, liaising with the Ward to ensure ward diary/Shared Calendar entries are updated/correspond etc.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Ability to respond to changes in service / adaptable / open to change.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Organises and priorities own work within established procedures but refers more complex issues to the relevant manager.

Communications will be with service users, as well as with other staff, and will regularly require some judgement, as information will need to be gathered to facilitate correct administrative records. The nature of the role means that the role holder may very occasionally be faced with some challenging situations. Working hours will be 37.5 hours per week.

Where you will be working:

Location: New Rd, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, Bury Saint Edmunds IP30 9LR

You will be working at The Chimneys Clinic, a 12 bedded service providing specialist care that is specifically designed to support women that have a diagnosis of an emerging or personality disorder.

Working alongside the multidisciplinary team at The Chimney’s, you will support with mindful practice, high levels of engagement and think on your feet to create activities to aid the recovery for each young woman within their journey.

The focus of the service is to enable the young women to work on ways to decrease harmful behaviours and replace them with effective strategies to enhance their lives and help them reach their personal life goals.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £25,058
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with 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.