Ward Clerk

at  Northumbria Healthcare NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a hardworking, enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our busy Surgery wards based at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.
This post is full time and will cover The Birthing Centre, Ambulatory Care Unit, and Wards 1 and 15.
The shifts will be on a rota basis and will cover a range of Earlies, long days and weekends. To be discussed further at interview.
Previous applicants need not apply.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our busy Surgery Ward Clerk Team at NSECH. This post is full time and will cover the Birthing Centre, ACU, ward 1 and ward 15 based at NSECH.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates to provide a reception service, and act as an initial first contact for patients, visitors and other healthcare professionals on the telephone and face to face.
The successful candidate will provide support and cover as a relief ward clerk to the Medical Wards in absence due to sickness and holidays. The post holder should have excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills and ideally be able to work flexibly with minimum supervision.
The post will be based at NSECH however depending on service needs you may be asked to cover other base sites.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
To provide a reception service, acting as first point of contact on the telephone or face to face, for patients, visitors and other healthcare professionals.
To facilitate good communication with other wards and departments involved in patient care or ward/departmental functioning.
To input data regarding all admissions, transfers and discharges onto Patient Administration System.
To provide an efficient administration and clerical service to unit staff, visitors and patients

Please refer the Job description for details