Administration Officer - Wheelchair Services

To provide a comprehensive administration and secretarial support to the Walsall Wheelchair and Posture Service, (a specialist clinical multidisciplinary team who provide a service to people with mobility problems requiring a wheelchair).PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS., We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual to provide administrative support to the Walsall Wheelchair & Posture Management Service at Blakenall Village Centre.

You must have excellent organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure in order to meet deadlines. You must also have excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate in a sensitive and diplomatic manner. You must be able to work using your initiative, as well as part of a team.

You must possess GCSE English Language grade C or above, be competent in using Microsoft Office Applications and have previous office experience preferably in a Health and Social Care environment.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700,

providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development of our Pleck Road site was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children's Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.

The Therapy service is integral to patient flow in and out of the busy acute hospital and we are involved in new developments to provide care at the right time, in the right place, and with the right professional. For this reason, we are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to work within Therapy Services alongside nursing and medical colleagues on General Surgery to promote real improvements in patient safety, patient experience, and clinical effectiveness.