Community Clerk

We have an exciting opportunitie for an efficient administrator to support in our Community Division Clinical Teams.

The Successful candidate will have good organisation and people skills, be computer literate and have the ability to work with limited supervision.

The post holder will provide a comprehensive and high quality administrative support service.

This is a Community Clinical Support role, there is an expectation for the successful candidate to be flexible and support across the Community Division.

The successful candidate will have the ability to support service users whilst being professional, empathetic and understanding.

**Previous Applicants Need Not Apply**

The Successful candidate will provide effective and comprehensive administrative support for our busy Community Specialist Nurses and Community Matron Teams.

Use information systems with specific responsibility to ensure a high standard of information recording is maintained.

Undertake general office duties, including ordering supplies and managing stock levels.

Answer the telephone, clear answerphone, record messages and respond to queries in a timely manner ensuring effective communication in line with local policies for non-clinical information only.

Input accurate and timely information required for audit purposes.

Requirement to work from other bases within the organisation and to undertake any other duties that may be required appropriate to the post holders grade, experience and competence.

The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.

The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Provide comprehensive administrative support to Clinical teams.

Use information systems with specific responsibility to ensure a high standard of information recording is maintained.

Produce standardised computer generated reports and/or statistical information as requested by line manager.

Type all correspondence relating to the team.

Undertake general office duties, including ordering supplies and managing stock levels.

Answer the telephone, clear answer-phone, record messages and respond to queries in a timely manner ensuring effective communication in line with local policies for non-clinical information only.

Transfer relevant information to all health and social care providers as requested by line manager.

Input accurate and timely information required for audit purposes.

Provide reception support as and when required, including receiving clients to the service and assisting with enquiries.

Take responsibility for keeping the Office/Reception/Waiting area, clean and tidy.

Be responsible for the opening and closing of buildings, if required.

Co-operate with risk assessments and ensure that risks are identified and reported as they arise in the workplace.

Requirement to work from other bases within the organisation and to undertake any other duties that may be required appropriate to the post holders grade, experience and competence.

The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.

Assist with the training of new clerks within the service.

• The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
• The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation.