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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

About

Airedale Hospital was opened in 1970 by Prince Charles and is an award winning hospital providing high quality, personalised, acute, elective and specialist care for a population of over 200,000 people from a widespread area covering 700 square miles within Yorkshire and Lancashire - stretching as far as the Yorkshire Dales and the National Park in North Yorkshire, reaching areas of North Bradford and Guiseley in West Yorkshire and extending into Colne and Pendle in the East of Lancashire.

They employ 2,900 staff and have 400 committed volunteers
In a year they treat 25,000 inpatients, 26,000 non-elective patients and 150,000 outpatients
Our Accident and Emergency Department sees and treats over 51,000 patients every year
Around 2,600 babies are born each year at the hospital

They provide services from their main hospital site and at other locations across the community, in sites owned by their Primary Care Trusts. The PCTs commission health services from them for the patients within their GP practices and the three main PCT’s referring patients to us are – NHS Bradford and Airedale, NHS North Yorkshire and York and NHS East Lancashire.

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Contact

Address: Trust Headquarters; Airedale General Hospital; Skipton Road; Steeton; Keighley; West Yorkshire; BD20 6TD
Contact Number: 01535 652511

Find out more

Jobs Website

Vacancy status: Open

Ref: 423-6797213 Vacancy ID: 6797213

Admin Support (Band 2)

Accepting applications until: 29-Nov-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 29-Nov-2024 23:59

Key details

Location

Site: Airedale General Hospital
Address: Skipton Road
Town: Steeton, Keighley
Postcode: BD20 6TD
Major / Minor Region: West Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 16 hours per week (Shifts will be rostered 12 weeks in advance to cover the following hours: 07:30-15:30, 12:00-20:00 and 22:00-06:00)

Salary

Salary: £23,615 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 2)

Specialty

Main area: Administration

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

Job overview

Would you like to be part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other?

If you answered yes, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust would love to hear from you.

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the vibrant, warm and friendly Admin team within the Emergency Department. Shifts are rostered three months in advance to allow our team to plan ahead.

This is a challenging role and successful candidates will need to be enthusiastic, motivated and have a flexible approach. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Please see the job description and the person specification for further details.

**Previous applicants need not re-apply**

Part Time - 16 hours per week

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Arrange referrals, appointments and outcomes into relevant clinics following patient attendances as necessary using the electronic patient record system
Discharge patient records, ensuring all coding is complete and accurate ensuring clinical pathways are followed as per Trust policy.
Carry out daily maintenance of ED medical notes ensuring all records can be accounted for which may include retrieval of copies from ward admissions.
Liaise with nursing staff, consultants, secretarial and other disciplines regarding issues relating to clinics.
Arrange transport as required for patients returning home or attending follow up clinic.
Scanning and indexing of patient records, including alert notifications, in line with departmental procedures. Undertake regular maintenance of scanner.
Cover reception duties as required which includes registering patients coming into ED ensuring all relevant patient information is taken and recorded accurately
Escalate any concerns over patients to the relevant clinical staff
Deal with telephone enquiries from GP's, patients, relatives, members of the public and other organisations.
Deal with face-to-face enquiries from patients and clinical staff within the department

Working for our organisation

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.

We want to attract staff who embrace our 'Right Care' behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information and full details of the role please see attached job description and person specification.

We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.

NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.

If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £41.90, Standard £21.90 or Basic £21.90) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.

In applying for a post that requires a DBS check you are confirming that you have read and understood the DBS Privacy Policy for Enhanced and Standard Checks (Click here for the privacy policy)

You are encouraged to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £13 cost per year.

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.