Ward Clerk - Walsall, United Kingdom - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
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Walsall, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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To work as part of a team, undertaking clerical duties within the Ward environment, providing assistance to nursing staff. Providing messenger service for the ward as required.


a vacancy has risen for a Ward Clerk post in Opthamology in Outpatients Clinic on Monday and Fridays (2 days a week) 16 hours per day.

We are looking to recruit a Ward Clerk to join our team, We are looking for caring, enthusiastic compassionate, hard working dedicated staff to join our well established team.

The successful applicants will have the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge.


To provide full clerical support to Ward by:

  • Ensuring that medical records are obtained and prepared for use by medical staff.


Maintaining such records in a preparative state throughout the patient's stay in hospital, which will include the filing of examination reports.


Ensuring that the administration records of patients are completed on admission and discharge, and that the non-medical data is accurate.

Completing daily statistical returns.


Assisting Ward nursing staff with the discharge arrangements for patients, which will include arranging follow up appointments, transport, social services support and the availability of EDS for discharge along with post-discharge follow up phone calls.

Ensuring ward stationery is ordered and maintained and that patient's mail is distributed.

Undertaking telephone duties, gaining assistance from nursing staff where necessary.

Undertake a messenger service for the ward as required by the nursing

Data input - ward based computer.

Provide an other secretarial support to the ward as determined by the Ward Manager.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustprovides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading.

Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in2018,extension of a Neonatal Unit and brand new, state of the art Emergency Department is in the process of being completed.


We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional.

We are committed to investing in our workforce

RESPECT - COMPASSION - TEAMWORK-PROFESSIONAL


To provide full clerical support to Ward by:

  • Ensuring that medical records are obtained and prepared for use by medical staff.


Maintaining such records in a preparative state throughout the patient's stay in hospital, which will include the filing of examination reports.


Ensuring that the administration records of patients are completed on admission and discharge, and that the non-medical data is accurate.

Completing daily statistical returns.


Assisting Ward nursing staff with the discharge arrangements for patients, which will include arranging follow up appointments, transport, social services support and the availability of EDS for discharge along with post-discharge follow up phone calls.

Ensuring ward stationery is ordered and maintained and that patient's mail is distributed.

Undertaking telephone duties, gaining assistance from nursing staff where necessary.

Undertake a messenger service for the ward as required by the nursing

Data input - ward based computer.

Provide an other secretarial support to the ward as determined by the Ward Manager.
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