Ward Clerk - Day Cancer Care 1

at  The Royal Childrens Hospital

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check

An RCH Ward Clerk will be responsible for performing a broad range of administrative and customer focused duties, ranging from admitting patients into the unit through to discharge. The ward clerk will work in conjunction with the Patient Flow Officer (PFO) to deliver excellent administrative services within the DOU. The PFO will supervise and direct the duties and workload of this role, and the NUM will provide the management and governance. The role will include:

• Responsible for admitting patients into the Day Cancer Care Unit
• Complete an administrative discharge process for patients as directed by the nursing staff
• Check the schedule for the next day and ensure there are pre-admits on IBA for every patient
• Discharge patients from IBA, transfer patients to Wallaby as required
• Notify patients and families of appointments via text message
• Secure Chat clinicians as directed by nursing staff
• Complete any relevant HIS scanning
• Monitor and manage stationery and ward supply orders, including milk, tea, coffee, etc
• Deliver mail to the mail room
• Take direction on workload and duties from the Patient Flow Officer