Prepping Clerk - Plymouth, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
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Plymouth, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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The Central Prepping Team are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Prepping Clerk to work within the Prepping Team at Bircham House and Derriford Hospital.


The work is very busy, with a great deal of pressure to meet deadlines, therefore the ability to prioritise your own workload is essential.

Applicants should also be able to demonstrate the use of their own initiative.

Applicants should be educated to GCSE standard or equivalent and have excellent keyboard and accuracy skills. Applicants should also be able to demonstrate an understanding of confidentiality and be able to work across both sites.


Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.

  • Individuals are allocated a daily workload by the supervisor and are then responsible for organising their own day to day tasks.
  • Responsible for identifying, requesting collecting and tracing all notes for their individually allocated clinics on a daily basis in an efficient and timely manner, ensuring all case notes required for clinics are prepared to the specification of each Specialty.
  • Uses the Information Technology associated with the role, in particular the iPM System, Prepping Application and Spreadsheets to regularly analyse and check the status of clinics of individual patients and clinics, ensuring late additions are identified and prepped within the required timescales.
  • Ensures that any variances to the scheduled clinics/missing case notes are communicated to the Clinic staff (Nurses and Consultants) prior to the clinic starting.
  • Work to the Trust values
  • Put patients first, Take ownership, Respect others, Be positive, Listen, learn and improve.
  • Adhere to Trust policies and procedures, e.g. Health and Safety at Work, Equal Opportunities etc.
  • Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities and encourage and support staff development and training.
  • Attend statutory, essential and mandatory training.
  • Respect the confidentiality of all matters relating to their employment and other members of staff. All members of staff are required to comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 199
  • Comply with the Corporate Governance structure in keeping with the principles and standards set out by the Trust.
  • Ensure they are familiar with the Risk Management Framework, follow policies, procedures and safe systems of work, make known any hazards or risks that they identify and take all necessary actions to reduce risk.
  • Staff must comply with Safeguarding Policies and Procedures in order to promote safeguarding and prevent abuse to vulnerable people using Trust services.
  • To utilise the Prepping Application to view all clinics for the next 7 days, allocated by the Prepping Team Leader.
  • To utilise the Prepping Application to view a summary count of all allocated clinics, by specialty, on a specified day to enable own daily workload review.
  • To print an up to date clinic attendance list prior to preparing clinic.
  • To request the allocated clinic case notes from Central Records Library.
  • To check Corporate Services for any case notes that are located at peripheral hospitals and request them to be sent to the Derriford Prepping team in time for the clinic deadlines.
  • To manually raise any new folders for patients without notes and trace on iPM.
  • Trace the notes into the Bircham House or Level 2 Derriford Hospital and store on specialty allocated areas.
  • To prepare case notes for allocated specialty clinics.
  • To follow the correct procedure as outlined in the appropriate APN when identifying a patient with an alert on iPM.
  • Once received organising contents of the patient case notes to comply with the Trust standard filing format.
  • To ensure that patient front sheet and labels correspond with the patient details on iPM and the referral letter, making changes to iPM if necessary.
  • To ensure that the correct chapter card relating to the current appointment is inserted into the patient case notes.
  • To ensure that outcome forms are inserted into the patient case notes prior to the appointment (if required as some specialties will now be using electronic outcomes) to meet the current RTT pathway. Where applicable 2WW outcome forms will need to be added to the patient case notes.
  • Place fully prepped notes into Blue Boxes, labelled and colour coded for the relevant clinic and day of the week, for transportation to the Derriford Prepping Office on L2 ensuring boxes are stored in the relevant area in date order ready for collection.
  • To assist in mentoring and training other members of staff, as requested by the Team Leader.
  • To ensure that a clear understanding is obtained surrounding data quality and data protection and be able to work to this guidance
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