Ward Administrator

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To make appointments for patients when they are discharged if required.
• To ensure that transport is booked for patients to be taken home when discharged if required.
• Take lead responsibility for ward requisitions and maintaining the ward stationery.
• Photocopy information for the Nursing Team and as and when required.
• To be responsible for the general tidiness of the workplace
• Take lead responsibility to inform General Practitioners of all discharges/deaths by telephone within 24 hours.
• To contact IT Training Department to book training courses for members of staff as instructed by ward Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse.
• Prepare and fax correspondence as and when required.
• Welcome patients and members of the public entering the ward area and ensure any queries that arise are dealt with either by the Ward Clerk or relevant Nursing personnel.
• To answer ward telephone and ensure that information is correctly handled and disseminated appropriately.
• Ensure the Patient Administration System (Lorenzo) is kept up-to-date and reflects patients currently on the ward and also matches the whiteboard, including consultant/specialty transfers
• Ensure all of the relevant documentation (front sheet and patient labels) is printed from Lorenzo and copies available in the notes for every patient.
• In line with the Trusts Medical Records Policy, ensure that all filing is kept up to date and filed correctly in the patient hospital notes, and that history and mount sheets are also up to date to facilitate Medical Staff ward rounds to be completed with the minimum of interruptions/delays.
• Take lead responsibility for ensuring that patients hospital case notes are up to date and sent back to the Medical Records Department for filing.
• Take lead responsibility after appropriate training, to divide oversized patient hospital notes into manageable volumes.
• Ensure case notes are tracked in accordance with the Trust Case Note Tracking Policy.
• Ensure that all relevant documentation is taken to the Bereavement Centre for deceased patients to enable Death Certificates and the first part of Cremation forms to be completed by doctors as soon as possible to ensure that relatives can be dealt with in a sensitive manner and facilitate funeral arrangements to be made without unnecessary delay.
• Ensure that if a patient is discharged to another hospital during working hours, that the KMR1 Front Sheet is completed before discharge to enable the Clinical Coding Team to assign appropriate ICD10 (diagnostic) and OPCS4 (Procedure) codes for World Health Organisation and Finance purposes.
• Ensure that all KMR1 Front Sheets are completed in a timely manner by the Medical Team for all discharged patients.
• Prepare for admission of patients and ensure that patient notes, where possible, are on the ward before the patients arrive.
• Take lead responsibility to ensure that medical and other insurance notes are issued as requested by the Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse
• Ensure that post for patients is distributed in an efficient and timely manner.
• To open and distribute mail for the multi-disciplinary team in an efficient and timely manner.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Office Environment experience
• Dealing with members of the general public
• Administration experience within an NHS environment
• Evidence of ability to prioritise workload including working under pressure in order to meet deadlines.
• Keyboard/Typing skills

Desirable

• Experience of leading a team
• Knowledge of PAS systems

Qualification and Professional Training

Desirable

• Good standard of Education
• GCSE in English Language

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Good organisational skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Able to respond professionally

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Calm, Pleasant manner
• Ability to work within a demanding environment
• Approachable

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

College Street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)