Main area Emergency Care Services Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (plus unsocial hours) Job ref 153-ME05180
Employer University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Poole Hospital Town Poole Salary £24,937 - £26,598 pa/pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2025 23:59
Day Shift - Emergency Admissions Officer - Emergency Care Services
Band 3
Job overview
Emergency Care Services
Emergency Admissions Officers (Band 3) - 3 x22.5 hrs posts
We have an exciting opportunity available in our friendly team as an Emergency Admissions officer.
You will be a positive individual with the ability to work well under pressure. It is important that you are organised, computer literate and able to communicate effectively and respectfully with the wider multidisciplinary team as well as the patients who use the service.
Our team collectively provides an essential service to the Trust, and you will play an integral role within the department as an administrator.
These are part time posts of 22.5 hours per week, you will be required to cover 7.5 hour or 5.5 hour shifts between 07:45-21:15, which will be allocated on a Rota basis. We are a 24/7 service so this will include occasional Bank Holiday and weekend working. You will also be required to be flexible in covering colleague’s annual leave or sickness as per Trust policy.
Please note: if this role requires you to have a DBS check this amount will be reclaimed from your salary on appointment.
Base Location: Poole
Interview Date: 20/11/2025
Previous applicants need not apply
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualification
* Educated to GCSE standard to include English Language and Mathematics Grade C or above (or equivalent)
Knowledge
* Working knowledge of computers and knowledge of office practices
* Understanding of the importance of confidentiality.
* Good communication skills, both verbal and written
* Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload
Personal Attributes
* Excellent attention to details
* To be able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name Glynis Tanner
Job title: Emergency Admissions Manager
Email address: glynis.tanner@uhd.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0300 019 8677
Additional information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Glynis Tanner (Emergency Admissions Manager) - 0300 019 8677 / glynis.tanner@uhd.nhs.uk (not available on Wednesday)
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