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Cygnet Group are looking for a friendly, professional Ward Clerk with a passion for making a difference to others to join our team at Cygnet Hospital Oldbury.
You’ll be working 40 Hours per week (Monday to Friday, 08:00 am to 04:00 pm) at Cygnet Hospital Oldbury, helping ensure the smooth and safe management of our care.
The Service:
Cygnet Hospital Oldbury is our state-of-the-art PICU & Acute hospital for women, in the West Midlands.
The service has two wards, a 12-bed PICU ward and a 15-bed Acute ward. Cygnet Hospital Oldbury has a full multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and supports the acute needs of adults requiring rapid access to mental health services, including those who may need an intensive care environment.
We’re focused on length of stay and making sure individuals move as quickly and safely as possible from our services to the most appropriate and least restrictive environment for them. Individuals can step down through the pathways available within Cygnet services.
Referrals can come to us from all areas, including other acute services and prison services.
Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…
Salary: £29,110 Per Year
Strong career progression opportunities
Expert supervision & support
Employee referral scheme
Pension scheme
Employee discount savings
Health Cash Plan
Subsidised meals on duty
Your Day-to-Day...
Maintain Medical Records in accordance with The Management of Records protocol including auditing of records, providing support and involvement in the development of Multi-disciplinary record management within hard copies and electronically.
Handle and keep appropriate records of calls and queries, in consultation with the clinical team from current patients, their relatives and carers, ensuring confidentiality is respected at all times.
Liaise with the Clinical and Medical areas to ensure discharge documentation has been received and shared with external sources.
Set up and maintain computerised system ensuring information relating to meetings and key people available.
Co-ordinate the process for CPA, Ward round and professional meetings. Inviting externals, minute taking, arranging the meeting, sending out correspondence, adding information to pink notes.
Communicating with internal / external Stakeholders.
Attend and minute take for Ward meetings including CIG, team meeting and Community meeting.
Undertake any reasonable request from Senior Management, Medical, Clinical and Administration Team.
Prepare agendas and minute take Hospital-wide meetings.
We are looking for someone who is...
Service-oriented, with Medical Secretary experience & knowledge of mental health
Flexible, adaptable, organised & responsible
An excellent typist, preferably to RSA 2 level & with audio transcription skills
Calm under pressure & able to work independently & as part of a team
A strong written & verbal communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office programs, including Excel, Word and databases.
Please note that successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible
What next?
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