Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Inpatient Ward Administrator
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Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Inpatient Ward Administrator
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an organised and enthusiastic Inpatient Ward Administrator to join our Clinical Administration Services within an inpatient hospital environment.
About the Role
The role provides efficient, effective and high‑quality administrative support to inpatient clinical teams, acting as a key point of contact for patients, carers, visitors and clinicians. You will support the day‑to‑day running of ward services through a range of clerical and reception‑based duties.
The post holder will work across a number of inpatient wards to ensure consistent Monday to Friday administrative cover and continuity of support for clinical services. This is a ward‑based role and does not support working from home.
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am – 5.00pm, 5 days per week.
Closing Date: 5th August 2026
Shortlisting Date: 6th August 2026
Interview Date: 26th August 2026
Key Responsibilities
The post holder will provide efficient, effective and high‑quality administrative support within an acute inpatient ward environment, supporting clinical teams, patients and visitors to ensure the smooth running of ward-based services.
- Duties:
- Maintaining accurate clinical and non‑clinical records
- Managing referrals, appointment bookings, admissions and discharges
- Updating bed state information using Trust clinical systems
- Handling telephone and face‑to‑face enquiries
- Acting as a first point of contact for patients, carers, visitors and healthcare professionals
- Delivering a professional and courteous reception service
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Administrative Tasks:
- Diary management
- Meeting coordination
- Document and letter preparation
- Data entry
- Filing
- Scanning
- Post handling
- Stock control
- Arranging interpreters and transport as required
- Supporting the collection and reporting of data
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Additional Responsibilities:
- Managing and prioritising your own workload using workflow management systems
- Working flexibly as part of a multidisciplinary administrative team
- Contributing to service improvement
- Adhering to Trust policies including confidentiality, information governance, health & safety and safeguarding
- Promoting a positive experience for patients and visitors at all times
Core Values
- We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
- We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
- We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
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Benefits
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
- Increase mileage rates for > 3500
- A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
- A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
- Plus many more
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Charlotte Graham
- Job title: Administrator Team Leader
- Email address: charlotte.graham@bdct.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07860 749680
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