Ward Clerk - Surgical Pool

NHS

Job Description

Job summary

Ward Clerk - Surgical pool

Division: Surgery and Anaesthetics

Care Group: Surgical Services

Band: 2

Salary: £23,615 per annum/pro rata

We are recruiting for a Ward Clerk who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

Admitting, discharging and transferring patients onto Bed Management System. Reviewing EDNS (as required) and ensuring patients' personal details are up-to date and correctly entered onto the OASIS/PAS System. Inputting and amending Bed Occupancy System for Nursing Staff.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Job responsibilities

Receiving and auditing patients case-notes and ensuring notes available for ward rounds. Preparation of trolley, notes, forms, x-rays in readiness for Ward rounds. Collecting Patients case-notes from the Health Records Department, Transit area

Collection of Ethnic and Religious Data and inputting information onto OASIS System

Acting as Stage One Officer to determine overseas patients liability for treatment charges and informing the Overseas Officer

Filing, updating and maintenance of patients' records, ensuring Patient Front sheet contains correct details

Keeping daily records of any pathology requests as requested, checking forms are correctly completed. Delivery of specimens to Pathology Laboratory if urgently required

Delivery of Prescriptions Forms to Pharmacy and collection of drugs as appropriate

Assisting Nursing staff with processing of patients property and valuables in accordance with policy and procedures and arranging for property to be taken into General Office for safe custody

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level including English or equivalent qualification/experience

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills - written and verbal
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across the organisation liaising with different levels of personnel
  • Good organisational skills, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, reliable and flexible in approach and attitude

Other Attributes

Essential

  • Maintenance of patient confidentiality at all times
  • Ability to empathise with patients and carers and to provide a caring environment to aid communication

Values Based Question

Essential

  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

medway maritime hospital

Windmill road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

Employer's website

https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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