Apprentice Ward Clerk

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Main area Apprenticeship Business Administration Grade Apprenticeship Contract Apprenticeship: 22 months Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 08:00 - 16:00) Job
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Site Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust Town Gloucestershire Salary £15,600 (pa pro rata if part-time) Salary period Yearly Closing 05/08/2026 23:59

At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.

With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.

We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.

An exciting opportunity will be available for an Apprentice Ward Clerk within the Ward Clerk Team.

The Apprentice will support the work of the Gloucestershire Ward Clerk Team (Adult inpatients ) at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital.

The role supports the administration team to deliver excellent patient care for our service line.

To provide clerical and reception cover for the ward, administration and clerical support to the Ward Manger/Nurse in Charge and to enter and maintain patient demographic data and ward/consultant status.

The team provides a detailed and customer focused administrative service, with strong technical support across a variety of systems used to
support administration processes at the Trust.

The Apprentice will be given training in all areas including IT systems and will having ongoing supervision and support in order to become an effective team member.

The Apprentice will spend time in each area of the department and service line, to gain a wide range of skill development and provide administration support.

The successful applicant will receive Induction and training appropriate to the activities he or she will undertake, and following this induction period will be enrolled to the Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship with our Training Provider.

Additional working pattern details:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 08:00 - 16:00

To undertake training as required and agreed with mentor, supervisor and external assessor, and complete competencies relevant to the work area . To support and gain experience within the following admin duties;

• Provide a friendly, professional welcome for the ward, responding to patient, staff and visitor requests appropriately.
• Analyse and deal with routine non-clinical problems, following Trust policy and using own initiative to ensure seamless support service in the clinical area enabling staff to perform in their own roles…