Ward Clerk, Maternity

Job summary

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to work as a Ward Clerk within Maternity Services at the Prince Charles Hospital.

We aim to provide a high standard of care within our ward, and we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, motivated, has a friendly manner and an excellent work ethic.

Good organisational and communication skills are essential as well as a flexible approach to work.

The successful candidate will ideally have previous office and front of house experience, ideally within a similar role.

Knowledge of Health Board IT systems to include WPAS, Oracle and Welsh Clinical Portal (WCP) would be desirable, although full training will be given.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work within a large multidisciplinary team, which is welcoming and friendly. The team includes doctors, midwives, Healthcare Support Workers, nursery nurses and other specialist staff.

Duties will include filing, answering the door and telephone, welcoming patients and visitors to the ward and ordering stock.

The successful candidate will be able to work in a busy environment and will have a sensitive, caring and non-judgmental attitude towards others.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary, and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.