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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated part time ward clerk to join our team within the busy Paediatric Oncology Day Unit. 

The unit provides a service Monday – Friday for Children and Teenagers delivering a wide range of services and care needs, including day chemotherapy. 

We are looking for a reliable and highly organised individual who has excellent communication skills. You must also be able to demonstrate an adaptable, enthusiastic approach to your work, and the ability to manage your workload with various competing demands for your attention within a busy clinical area. You must be able to be courteous, respectful and helpful at all times.

Basic IT knowledge is essential and previous experience within a ward clerk environment is desirable.

The role involves providing a front line clerical service to clinical staff within the ward, ensuring an appropriate standard of support is delivered in a timely manner. You will provide a meet and greet service to visitors, patients and staff.  A key responsibility for the post holder is to ensure the timely and accurate inputting of data is captured for day case activity, admissions, transfers and discharges of patients. A key aspect to the role will involve ensuring case notes are correctly maintained following departmental guidelines and compliance with legislation.

Main duties of the job

The successful post holder will provide and maintain an efficient and effective administration service to the ward team and contribute to the delivery of a consistently high standard of patient care as part of the multidisciplinary team.

The post is 37.5hrs per week. The successful applicant will work opposite the current ward clerk to provide a 08:00-18:00 service M-F, not including bank holidays.

Interview Date Wednesday, 28 August 2024

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.