Paediatric Ward Clerk

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Orpington; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A large teaching hospital in the UK is seeking a Paediatric Ward Clerk to provide high-quality clerical support to the medical and nursing staff. Responsible for managing patient information and ensuring effective operations for the Children's Ward, candidates should have strong communication skills and relevant administrative experience. This role is pivotal in maintaining patient care standards and supporting healthcare professionals.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable NHS administrative and organisational experience.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide clerical support to medical and nursing staff.
• Update and maintain accurate patient data on the system.
• Ensure patients are admitted appropriately to the ward.

Skills

Ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines

Strong communication skills

Education

Good standard of secondary education with GCSE pass or equivalent

Job description

Overview

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Closing date: 07 October 2025

Role

Paediatric Ward Clerk

To provide high quality clerical support to the medical and nursing staff on the ward and to be responsible for the management of patient information. To be accountable for the greeting of patients and visitors attending the Children's Ward and ensuring they are informed appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Update and maintain accurate complete patient data on the computer-based system (Epic).
• Conduct quality audits as requested by the medical team.
• Ensure that patients are admitted appropriately to the ward.
• Ensure that external correspondence is processed and sent to the scanning bureau team to be uploaded onto Epic.
• Enter and retrieve data from all current Trust computer systems in place (Epic) to an acceptable data quality standard.
• Ensure that all GP summaries are mailed within 24 hours of patient discharge.
• Ensure all inpatient activities are correctly captured on the system for coding as appropriate.

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be bold, brilliant people, outstanding care, leaders in research, innovation and education, diversity, equality and inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Job responsibilities

Qualifications

Education

• Good standard of secondary education with literacy and numeracy skills demonstrable to GCSE pass or equivalent

Experience

• Demonstrable NHS administrative and organisational experience
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team (Team player)

Skills

• Ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Able to demonstrate strong communication skills including the ability to relate and communicate with patients and staff at all levels

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.