Barts Health NHS Trust

Maternity Ward Clerk

The closing date is 20 July 2025

Job summary

There are various exciting opportunities for experienced, highly motivated and enthusiastic Administrators to work within the Maternity team at Barts Health NHS Trust.

This position is based within the Women's and children's Division and will be based at Newham University Hospital. This is a busy and dynamic service where we put patients at the centre of the care that we provide.

The successful candidate will require excellent communication and organisational skills and possess a positive can-do attitude, preferably with previous administrative experience.

The successful candidate should ideally have previous NHS experience in a similar setting and be familiar with Trust systems, such as Cerner Millennium (CRS).

The post holder is responsible for the provision of Administrative and Clerical support to all areas of the maternity department.

To deliver and coordinate an effective administrative and reception service to Maternity Department.

The post holder will be expected to rotate between all maternity Departments to fulfil shift patterns, to cross cover, and to fill in gaps as required.

At reception level, the post holder will be responsible for ensuring that patients are appropriately admitted and discharged on CRS, make appropriate appointment, ensuring that patients demographics details are accurate and up to date.

Responsibility will include ensuring all phone calls are answered and activity are kept up to date

Main duties of the job

This job description has been developed to reflect the development of Roles & Responsibilities with the ward clerks and Receptionists within Maternity service.

The successful candidate must be flexible and able to cross cover in patient area.

It is expected that all staff are committed to and participate in all training as appropriate to this post. With the full support of their respective line manager. This may lead to further opportunities and development of the post and the post holder.

Main Duties

provide cross cover administration support within the maternity teams.

to carry out duties consistent with the post as required by the line manager.

To assist clinical staff to ensure the smooth running of the antenatal clinic environment in a way that enhances the efficiency of the service, reporting to the antenatal team leader of any issues impacting the delivery of administrative service provision in a timely manner.

To answer the telephone according to the trust policy and take messages as required.

To inform the appropriate staff of potential security risk and reporting actual security incidents

To comply with the trust policies and procedures, particularly those associated with overseas visitors, private patients.

To train new members of staff where appropriate

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Details

Date posted

11 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£29,176 to £30,225 a year per annum inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

259-7142695NUH

Job locations

Newham University Hospital

Newham University Hospital, Glen Road, Plaistow

London

E13 8SL


Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and theperson specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For bothdocuments, please view the attachment/s below

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and theperson specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For bothdocuments, please view the attachment/s below

Person Specification

Qualifications and knowledge

Essential

  • GCSE's or equivalent

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Millennium System

Experience

Essential

  • Administrative Skills
  • Organizational Skills

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a NHS environment

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to prioritize workload and work under pressure
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills including ability to exercise diplomacy and a good telephone manner
  • Keyboard skills
  • Word processing skills
Person Specification

Qualifications and knowledge

Essential

  • GCSE's or equivalent

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Millennium System

Experience

Essential

  • Administrative Skills
  • Organizational Skills

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a NHS environment

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to prioritize workload and work under pressure
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills including ability to exercise diplomacy and a good telephone manner
  • Keyboard skills
  • Word processing skills

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).

Additional information

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

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Newham University Hospital

Newham University Hospital, Glen Road, Plaistow

London

E13 8SL


Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Newham University Hospital

Newham University Hospital, Glen Road, Plaistow

London

E13 8SL


Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Assistant Service Manager

Serena Fisher

serena.fisher@bartshealth.nhs.uk

02073639084

Details

Date posted

11 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£29,176 to £30,225 a year per annum inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

259-7142695NUH

Job locations

Newham University Hospital

Newham University Hospital, Glen Road, Plaistow

London

E13 8SL


Supporting documents

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