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Hywel Dda University Health Board
About
Hywel Dda University Health Board provides healthcare services to a total population of around 372,320 throughout Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. It provides Acute, Primary, Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities services via General and Community Hospitals, Health Centres, GP's, Dentists, Pharmacists and Optometrists and other sites.
Administrative Officer for the Fracture Liaison Service
Accepting applications until: 08-Dec-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 08-Dec-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- GGH, WGH, PPH ,BGH
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Postcode
- SA61 2PZ
- Major / Minor Region
- Carmarthenshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 2 years (Fixed term /secondment until 30/11/2026)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £24,433 - £26,060 per annum (pro rata if part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- administration
- Interview date
- 16/12/2024
Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.
If you are registered Health Care professional considering relocating to the Hywel Dda area in West Wales please don’t hesitate to contact our recruitment campaigns team directly via [email protected]
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The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable.
Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.
Job overview
This post is a Fixed Term/ Secondment until 30/11/2026. If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, hardworking and organised individual to be a part of the Fracture Liaison service . You will become a core member of staff within a friendly and supportive Team, enabling the promotion of the Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) throughout the Health Board. The Post Holder will play a key role in helping the organisation drive forward improvements in quality and the care that our patients receive.
The Fracture Liaison service is a small team with offices located at each of the County's. The Team offers a friendly and supportive environment and we meet regularly to discuss and share ideas. This is an exiting opportunity to shape this new service in the Health Board.
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The post holder will work independently being responsible for assisting the department in general administration and secretarial duties ensuring a professional and confidential service at all times. The post holder will also support appropriate additional roles to the Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) in the Unscheduled Care Directorate at Withybush Hospital and have a key role in providing a link between FLS practitioners, wards, departments, GPs and community staff. You will also be a point of contact for patients and their carer’s.
The role requires someone who is able to deal with first line enquiries, communicating and welcoming into the department all levels of personnel within defined parameters, both internal and external, via phone, e-mail and face to face. They will also need to be able to judge when they need to pass on queries and information to colleagues for more complex enquiries.
The post holder is required to work on their own initiative, sometimes unsupervised and will be flexible and adaptable in their role to the needs of the service
The role may involve travelling to and working across other sites in support of service delivery.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.
Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion.
Community facilities, including:
48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes.
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will provide a range of administrative and secretarial duties including filing of clinical and non-clinical correspondence. Welcome staff to the department, guiding them to the appropriate room and answering general questions.
Duties will also include typing, scanning, photocopying and ordering office supplies. Maintain and keep databases up to date and provide information for reporting purposes as required.
Deliver routine training to colleagues on business systems in use within the department. Attend team brief and other meetings. Prepare papers, record and transcribe minutes/notes of meetings as required.
Solve delegated problems logically and make decisions appropriate to the level of work. Liaise in a professional manner with service users, relatives, carers, colleagues, clinicians, GP’s and other professionals.
The post holder will work independently in a way that ensures the delivery of a high quality service, organizing work to meet the workload peaks and troughs throughout the working day, whilst ensuring deadlines and targets are met. Ensure workload is managed effectively and demonstrate flexibility in thinking, openness of mind and readiness for frequent change. The post holder will respond appropriately to urgent instructions in a timely, accurate and professional manner.
Adhere to the Health Board Guidelines and undertake any other duties as appropriate to the nature and grade of the post. May provide day to day supervision of staff.
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 16/12/2024
Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Person specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Level 3 qualification (e.g. A levels, AS Levels, NVQ3) or equivalent demonstrable experience of administrative / office skills and knowledge
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an administrative / office environment.
- Familiar and competent with Microsoft IT packages, especially Work, Excel and Powerpoint.
- Familiar and confident using email and searching the internet.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
Language skills
Desirable criteria
- Welsh speaker ( Level 1 )
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Francesca Hughes
- Job title
- Unscheduled Care support manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Tracy George, FLS Practitioner, [email protected]
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