Ward Clerk

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Job overview

Post is full time fixed term for 1 year to cover maternity leave.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to work as a Ward Clerk to be based on Children's ward and Paediatric assessment unit in Princess of wales hospital, Bridgend.

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.

A good general education, 3 GCSEs or equivalent, are required. Knowledge of Health Board IT systems to include WPAS, WCP and Oracle would be desirable although full training will be given.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be able to work in a busy environment and have a sensitive, caring and non-judgmental attitude towards others. They must also have a flexible approach in their role and will be expected to assist with discharge planning.

The successful candidate will be working within a large multi-disciplinary team, whom are welcoming and friendly. The team consists of doctors, nurses ,HCSW's physiotherapists occupational therapists speech and language therapists and other support staff.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

Person specification

Qualifications

• 3 plus GCSE's or relevant qualification
• IT qualification

• Previous experience

Skills

• Computer Skills
• Flexibility to meet the needs of the role

• Office Skills

Experience

• Relevant experience in IT related post

• Experience of using NHS systems
• Welsh speaker

If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.