What are the responsibilities and job description for the Volunteer to Career Admin Support West Cumberland Hospital position at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust?
Job summary
Volunteer to Career Admin Support, West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven Would you like a career in administration within NHS?
The Volunteer to Career Programme enables you to complete essential mandatory training and a requirement to also complete 60 hours in the the Surgical department based at the West Cumberland Hospital. On successful completion of this programme you will be interviewed to join our Bank register as a Casual Admin Officer.
Whatis the Volunteer to Career (VtC) programme?
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust have partnered up with Inspira, who are leading employability experts providing free professional careers and advice and guidance across Cumbria to deliver the Volunteer to Career Programme. This initiative aims to address staffing shortages in the NHS by actively encouraging volunteers to pursue a career in Healthcare.
The programme is funded from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and this therefore only open to applicants who reside in the Cumberland Council boundary.
Main duties of the job
What tasks can this role include?
General administration, which may include :
- Answering telephone enquiries (internal & external) & making calls
- Welcoming visitors and helping with general enquiries
- Liaising with depts. / staff / other organisations
- Filing of notes / papers
- Photocopying and scanning
- Opening mail
- Helping staff and visitors access appropriate resources within the department
- Assist in training of other volunteers / students if applicable.
- Promote good communication skills through personal development and commitment to provide the highest level of service possible, protecting confidentiality of patient information.
- Other administration tasks relevant to the individual dept following instruction / training
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust's sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.
We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
