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Job reference: 151499
Salary: Please see advert
Job closing date: 14/06/2023
Job Type: Administrative Services
Location: East Ayrshire
Employment type: Fixed-term
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 29/05/2023
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Department: The Ayrshire Hospice

Job Advert

In Patient Unit Administrator

For application form and further information use the below link:

https://www.ayrshirehospice.org/Pages/FAQs/Category/current-employed-vacancies 

Salary: £25,468 - £27,486

Hours: 37.5 hours per week over 5 days

Duration: Temporary until 1st June 2024

Location: East Ayrshire Community Hospital(temporary)​​​​​​​


​​​​​​​About Us

The Ayrshire Hospice provides quality specialist palliative care for adults with life-limiting illness within Ayrshire and Arran. We provide a wide range of services and care in people’s homes, care homes and hospitals, as well as in the hospice itself. This is provided at no cost to our patients or their families. Our vision is to reach and improve the lives of everyone in Ayrshire affected by life-limiting illness.

The Role and What We Are Looking For​​​​​​​

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, friendly and well organised administrator to come and join our Ayrshire hospice team. This role is fixed term until June 2024. The role is based within the inpatient unit and will provide administrative and secretarial support to staff within the In-patient Unit including the Clinical Manager, Senior Charge Nurse, Charge Nurses, medical team and Senior Clinical Pharmacist.

The successful post holder will require to be resourceful, flexible and dynamic in a fast paced and at times emotionally challenging environment. 

We are keen to welcome an individual who has experience of working with computer systems, patient records, staff rotas, stock control/ ordering of supplies and experience of working within a healthcare setting. Good communication skills and the ability to prioritise workload is essential. The post holder will be expected to work with minimal supervision, using their initiative to prioritise workload and assist with developing systems to supplement and support the smooth running of the in-patient unit.

The candidate should be aware that the Ayrshire Hospice decanted from their Racecourse Road site in Ayr in February 2022 to East Ayrshire Community Hospital in Cumnock. This will be the location of the post until the move back to Ayr -likely to be Summer 2024 .

Informal enquiries can be made to Louise Lochrie, Senior Charge Nurse by email to louise.lochrie@ayrshirehospice.org

To read the full job description, download an application for and read our terms and conditions, visit www.ayrshirehospice.org/join-our-team.

Completed applications should be returned to recruitment@ayrshirehospice.org


Closing date:             14th June 2023

Interview Date:          23rd June 2023


Scottish Charity No. SC011390. Registered Office: 29 Miller Road, Ayr, KA7 2AX

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