Ward Clerk; Victoria Ward - Part Time

Ward Clerk (Victoria Ward) - Part Time 15 hours per week

Band 2 Ward Clerk (Victoria Ward) – Part Time 15 hours per week. This post is part of a job share – you must be able to work set days of Wednesdays and Fridays. The Victoria Ward cares for patients with acute renal (kidney) conditions.

• Be the first point of contact for service users and visitors covering reception, ensuring accurate information is recorded and communicated as appropriate.
• Provide general administrative and clerical assistance and support for the team including inputting data, word processing of correspondence, photocopying, receipt and distribution of post.
• Required to work flexibly across the range of hours that the service covers.
• Daily liaison with nurse in charge – duties include managing patient records (requesting notes from medical records; tracking notes from the ward; answering medical record requests; answering incoming calls and either dealing with enquiries or diverting calls, booking patient transport for outpatient appointments and treatment).
• Use the EPR system to book appointments, enter demographics, admit and discharge patients.
• Prepare notes and other relevant documentation for transfer with patient to the wards as required, tracking using EPR.
• Support nursing and medical staff as required.
• Ensure ward areas are kept well‑stocked with stationery and photocopying as required.
• Liaise with the facilities department on behalf of staff, logging maintenance requests.
• Develop and maintain efficient and effective communication with other trust departments and external agencies to contribute to the smooth running of patient services.
• File reports and maintain general maintenance of notes.
• Take responsibility for own personal development.
• Provide cross cover for reception area during annual leave, training and sickness.

Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by excellent road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play, with excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good. Our “CARE” values – Com passionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent – reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be.

Name:
Laura Kabambe

Job title:

Ward Manager
Email address: laura.k
Telephone number:

Reading, England, United Kingdom
Post date: 2 days ago

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Part‑time
• Job function:
  Health Care Provider
• Industries:
  Hospitals and Health Care