Clerical Officer - Community Paediatric Administration Service

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit 2 Community Paediatric Clerical Officers within our Targeted Support Services Team.

These posts sit within the Community Paediatric Administration Team. One post will be based at Coral House, Shrewsbury, and the other post will be based at The Stepping Stones Centre, Malinslee, Telford. The posts support Community Paediatric Clinics and services for Looked after Children and those with Special Educational Needs and Disability.

This includes making clinic appointments, data entry onto an in-house computer system, transcribing dictation into letters, forms and reports., The aim of the Community Paediatric Administration Team is to provide high quality administrative service, supporting health professionals and Local Authority partners in delivering a quality service to the children and families.

The service supports Community Paediatric Clinics, the Looked after Children function, Special Educational Needs and Disability function.

The post holder will be expected to ensure that all clerical functions are carried out to the highest quality standards and within the deadlines applicable to that particular area of work.

Should you be invited for an interview, a prioritisation task and a short typing test will take place on day of interview.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

The NHS offers a valuable pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlements on a pro rata basis. There would also be the opportunity to work towards an apprenticeship qualification e.g. Business Administration NVQ Level 3. You will be welcomed into a supportive team, with on the job training to develop your skills.