Ward Clerk

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 15 October 2024

Job summary

To provide comprehensive clerical support for the ward. To retrieve/prepare all relevant documentation for the ward staff. To ensure accurate and timely data input on to the hospital PAS system for all admissions, discharges and transfers. To ensure all relevant documentation is filed into medical records folder.

Main duties of the job

Meet and greet patients and families on to ward, ensuring patient details are correct and verifying with GP surgery when necessary. Using smartcard to access the National Spine to verify patient demographic details and NHS numbers when required.Retrieve/prepare all relevant documentation for ward admissions.To process all admissions, discharges and transfer of patients using the hospital information system (Meditech) in real time and print off ward list.Ensure case notes are kept in good order, attaching all necessary documentation to correspond with patient's admission/transfer/discharge.Prepare the in-patient trolley for ward rounds, ensuring all relevant documentation is available where applicable.Ensure specialist records/audits are retrieved from hospital notes on discharge and sent to relevant department where applicable.

About us

As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Date posted

01 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

411-SUR-24-6659594

Job locations

Alder Hey Children's Hospital

Eaton Road,

Liverpool

L12 2AP

Job description

Job responsibilities

1.Meet and greet patients and families on to ward, ensuring patient details are correct and verifying with GP surgery when necessary.2. Using smartcard to access the National Spine to verify patient demographic details and NHS numbers when required.3. Retrieve/prepare all relevant documentation for ward admissions.4. To process all admissions, discharges and transfer of patients using thehospital information system (Meditech) in real time and print off ward list.5. Ensure case notes are kept in good order, attaching all necessarydocumentation to correspond with patients admission/transfer/discharge.6. Prepare the in-patient trolley for ward rounds, ensuring all relevantdocumentation is available where applicable.7. Ensure specialist records/audits are retrieved from hospital notes on discharge and sent to relevant department where applicable

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Application form and interview

Essential

Suitable experience

Desirable

Essential criteria

Person Specification

Application form and interview

Essential

Suitable experience

Desirable

Essential criteria

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).

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