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New role man's given as hospital worker (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

almoner

'hospital worker' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'new role man's given' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'role'+'man'='roleman'
'roleman' is an anagram of 'ALMONER'.

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for almoner that I've seen before include "One dispensing charity" , "one gave away?" , "Former distributor of charitable aid" , "Former officer giving relief to the poor" , "Medical social worker in earlier times" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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