Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Clerical Officer - Castle Hill Centre, Clerical Hub

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Job summary

As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration. After carefully reviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

We are looking for a resilient, robust, self motivated clerical officer to join our clerical team. The successful applicant will provide support to the various clinical teams including Admission Avoidance team and also the Community Therapy team.Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and Bolton Borough Council are working in partnership to deliver efficient and effective patient-centred, integrated services across the health economy to reduce hospital admissions and support people to remain at home.

In order to meet this objective, we are seeking to appoint a Clerical Officer who is a flexible individual with excellent communication, IT and organisational skills to become part of the clerical team within the Integrated Community Services Division.

The role will be part of a clerical team that works over seven days between the hours of 8am and 6pm, . This is a 365 days a year service.

Duties will include: Processing referrals, inputting data, taking telephone queries, preparing reports, booking appointments, cancelling clinics photocopying and other general office duties.

Experience of working within healthcare would be preferable though full training will be provided.

The post is 37.5 hours per week over 365 days including all bank holidays on a rota basis ( currently 1 in 6). The successful applicant will be expected to demonstrate a flexible approach to working hours to cover the service at times of peak pressure.

About us

This is a fast paced friendly environment to work, supporting a range of clinicians with the referral process. We are a large team of clerical officers who are committed to providing a great service, we are friendly, hardworking and welcoming.

Date posted

19 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

241-955-IC-24

Job locations

Castle Hill Centre

Castleton Street

Bolton

BL2 2JW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties will include: Processing referrals, inputting data, taking telephone queries, booking appointments, cancelling clinics, preparing reports, photocopying and other general office duties.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties will include: Processing referrals, inputting data, taking telephone queries, booking appointments, cancelling clinics, preparing reports, photocopying and other general office duties.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Experience of using a range of computer software packages to produce accurate, well presented documents

Desirable

Evidence of producing high level documentation

Experience

Essential

experience of working in a busy office environment
evidence of maintaining information systems specifically LE2.2

skills and ability

Essential

to be able to work as part of a team

English o level

Essential

English
Maths

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Experience of using a range of computer software packages to produce accurate, well presented documents

Desirable

Evidence of producing high level documentation

Experience

Essential

experience of working in a busy office environment
evidence of maintaining information systems specifically LE2.2

skills and ability

Essential

to be able to work as part of a team

English o level

Essential

English
Maths

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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