Band 2 Ward Clerk

Are you looking for a change? Do you want to make a difference? Do you enjoy being part of a team? If the answer to the above is YES, then one of Leicestershires biggest employers wants to hear from you!

We want you to join our fun, supportive and innovative Children's & Adolescents Mental Health services Team! (CAMHS) working at The Beacon Inpatient Unit!

This role is to support working within the ward nurses station area, to assist and deliveradmin support to colleague's and patients. You will work alongside clinicians and admin colleagues to ensure a smooth-running department.

We are looking for emotionally resilient, hard-working and innovative people to supportive our extremely busy CAMHS department. In return, we can offer flexible hours, full training and support and generous employee benefits. All of these are designed to give you the most rewarding employment experience you can imagine; whether that is a better work-life balance, a step upwards on the career ladder or just knowing that you are contributing to the welfare of our patients. We can and will work with you to help you achieve your goals.

Our service users and staff are extremely important to us. We are constantly working to provide the highest possible level of care to our service users and we believe that having a vision for the future, and strategic objectives to work towards, is vital.

Main duties of the job

This demanding role will require the post holder to use their full range of administrative skills to ensure an efficient service is provided.

The role comprises a wide range of specific duties. Reception, Telephone and Front Door handling,booking patients into the system, liaising with clinical staff, photocopying documents, scanning and both email and task management, health and safety testing, along with any ADHOC requests. Your role will involve Liaising with clinical staff, families, parents & young people to ensure a smooth transition through our service., working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential cri

You will need to be a good team player, have strong emotional resilience with excellent organisational and communication skills. You need to be able to work both on your own initiative and as part of the wider team prioritising your work effectively.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied