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Ward Clerk
Closed for applications on: 6-Nov-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 6-Nov-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Postcode
- NE1 4LP
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: 37.5 hours, Monday - Friday
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Salary
- Salary
- £23,615 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 2)
Specialty
- Main area
- 317 Respiratory Support Unit - RVI
- Interview date
- 14/11/2024
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
The Respiratory Support Unit at the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital Trust is looking to recruit a part time Ward Clerk to work predominantly Thursday and Friday each week. The Respiratory Support Unit provides acute respiratory care to a range of patients including respiratory and general medicine.
A Ward Clerk is often the first person both visitors and patients can encounter therefore we are looking for organised, efficient and progressive individuals who have previous customer care / receptionist experience and are able to demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills.
The successful post holder will provide and maintain an efficient and effective administration service to the ward team and contribute to the delivery of a consistently high standard of patient care as part of the multidisciplinary team.
- Interview Date: 14 November 2024
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37 hours 30 minutes/week
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- Will provide a comprehensive clerical service to the Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse and multi-disciplinary team.
- Will need to demonstrate excellent communication skill to facilitate seamless patient flow by liaising with other wards and departments within the Trust; also external bodies such as Ambulance Service and other care providers.
- Will carry out delegated, repetitive, routine and familiar tasks.
- Will plan and prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities.
- Post holder will be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other ward / department duties as required, e.g. general tidiness, re-determined stock levels are met and clinical equipment is clean, working and stored correctly.
- May be required to provide training to Ward staff about own role.
- To deal with telephone enquiries from a range of patients, staff, wards and departments ensuring messages are accurately relayed where appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide and maintain efficient and effective administrative support to the Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse and multidisciplinary team.
- Contribute to the delivery of a consistently high standard of patient care as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ensures case notes, investigations, X-rays and results are available for new admissions, ward rounds and multi-disciplinary team meetings.
- To ensure that case notes are correctly maintained following departmental guidelines and compliance with legislation (Caldicott Guidelines etc).Ensuring PAS system is up to date and accurate.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- NVQ 2 level qualification / experience and/or minimum of 4 GCSEs, Level 4 – 9 (A – C), including English Language, or equivalent level qualification or relevant experience
Desirable criteria
- Competent with Microsoft Office software including Outlook; ICT Level 1 Qualification or equivalent
Knowledge & Experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working within the NHS
- Knowledge of the eRecord, Mermaid, Casis, ERA and or Tracking systems
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to communicate with members of the public and healthcare providers
- Able to work effectively alone or part of the multi-disciplinary team
- Effective organisation and time management skills
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Alderson
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01919177287
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