Ward Clerk - London, United Kingdom - Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

ACU is a 35 bedded acute admissions ward, accepting medical, surgical, gynaecological and orthopaedic admissions directly from the Emergency Department.

This is your opportunity to become part of a supportive and friendly team who focus on delivering high quality individual care in an exciting, but demanding environment.

To provide an effective admin/clerical service on A cute care unit

To undertake these duties as a member of a multidisciplinary team, this includes doctors, nurses, porters and housekeepers etc.
To provide an effective frontline service in the day to day running of the hospital.

As a Ward Clerk will have the ability to manage your own caseload, and have a strong track record to be able to demonstrate high quality of admin and reception tasks and communicate effectively to the patient's and visitors to the unit

To provide a client centred reception service with respect to greeting patients, visitors and staff.
To effectively deal with internal and external telephone enquiries; resolving queries as appropriate or otherwise passing them onto the appropriate individuals.
To ensure that all relevant information including Healthcare Record are available for all patients.
To record all patient information on the confidential computer system accurately and in 'realtime'.
After discharge of patient, to document, track and deliver completed Healthcare Records to the appropriate department
To monitor the completion of clinical coding, discharge notification/transfer notification; to ensure these are completed for each patient episode; to liaise with medical staff to achieve this.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients.

In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

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