Ward Clerk - London, United Kingdom - St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

To provide support to nursing staff thereby ensuring that nursing time is spent primarily with the patient. To act as the initial point of contact for patients, visitors and callers to the ward ensuring their needs are met promptly and politely. To assist the ward staff in the smooth running of the ward by taking responsibility for the routine, administrative aspects of the ward organisation. Oversee the management of patient medical records on the ward on admission and post-discharge including overseeing the bookable follow-up care. And to assist the ward sister ensuring and clean and tidy environment at all times.

Main duties of the job

An excellent opportunity has arisen for one full-time and one part-time ward clerk to join our Acute Surgical Assessment team. Nye Bevan Unit provides care for acutely unwell general surgery patients from a range of different specialities.

The ward clerk is a key and highly valued member of the team. The post is an integral part of theward inproviding an effective reception, clerical and administrative service to patients, visitors and nursing staff in order to support the delivery of optimum patient care.

We are looking for someone who is organised and efficient, and can work without direct supervision.

We are seeking a flexible, innovative person who will be sensitive and caring in meeting the needs of patients, visitors and staff.

There will be other specified tasks to meet patients' individual needs as determined by the ward manager/nurse in charge.

Please ensure you read the job description and person specification carefully. Previous experience of working in the healthcare setting or with the public is desirable.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around million trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job responsibilities

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Experience

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Skills

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