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Receptionist​/Ward Clerk

Job in Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX25, England, UK
Listing for: NHS Professionals
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-17
Job specializations:
  • Administrative/Clerical
    Office Administrator/ Coordinator, Clerical, Healthcare Administration, Medical Receptionist
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 21000 - 25000 GBP Yearly GBP 21000.00 25000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Receptionist / Ward Clerk

Job Title:

Receptionist / Ward Clerk

Location:

Candidate required across multiple locations - Witney Community Hospital, Chipping Norton Memorial Hospital, Bicester Community Hospital, Murray House (Jordan hill), The Fiennes Centre (Banbury)

Hours:

37.5 hours per week – Monday – Friday on shift rota 8am - 4pm / 9am - 5pm / 10am - 6pm

Trust:
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Role type:
Temporary for 6 months with possibility of becoming permanent

Role Details

To provide multi-site comprehensive administrative support across all of the Community Hospital wards and outpatient departments, to enable delivery of a first-class patient journey. There are 6 Community Hospital sites covering Oxfordshire and flexibility on location of workplace will be required daily

Duties required
  • To provide the tasks and responsibilities listed below across 8 Community Hospitals wards, working where required on a daily basis. Cover will include administration, ward clerk and reception duties as required by the site.
  • Assist the team in all administration duties relating to the day to day running of the reception and outpatients’ service.
  • Provide a high standard of administration support to the Ward Management team.
  • Prioritise your own workload and act independently within appropriate guidelines.
  • To be competent on EMIS (patients electronic health record system), to become a champion and RA agent for the system to support all staff with training updates.
  • Support with all areas of the electronic rostering system Health Roster. This includes; printing out the weekly staff roster, making shift changes on the system, escalating vacant shifts in accordance with the trust policy to staffing solutions and updating the system accordingly.
  • Updating the ward equipment spreadsheet with all new items.
  • E-procurement – electronic ordering of stock supplies
  • Support with room booking requests for teams and individuals.
  • Accurately type and distribute correspondence, minutes and other documents.
  • Perform general office duties including: responding to email and phone enquiries. Answering the telephone, taking and recording messages accurately, responding to queries appropriately, following Trust procedures and protocols organise the maintenance of the filing systems.
  • Take accurate action notes and minutes as required arranging meetings and maintaining diaries.
  • Assist other team members in their work as required.

This role may require you to show evidence of vocational level 3 qualification or at least 2 years relevant experience.

You’ll learn the following whilst working at the trust:
  • An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS
  • Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times
  • A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation
  • You’ll have the following skills/experience:
    • Ability to plan and organise work to meet deadlines.
    • Strong Computer Skills
    • Organised and have the ability to coordinate and prioritise own workload
    • Transcribing minutes
    • Strong typing skills
    As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:
    • Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
    • Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
    • Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
    • Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
    • Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
    • Training and development opportunities
      - Keep up with the essentials and more
    • Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is…
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