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Ward Clerk (ADSU / Chesterman Unit)

Integrated Care System

Reading

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Full time

Yesterday
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Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Reading seeks a Ward Clerk for the Adult Day Surgery Unit. The role involves providing administrative support, liaising with the medical team, and welcoming patients. Essential skills include experience in administration and customer-facing roles. This position offers an opportunity to work in a caring environment aligned with strong healthcare values.

Qualifications

  • Literate and numerate.
  • Experience of EPR.
  • Working with the public.
  • Previous hospital clerical work.
  • Secretarial or clerical experience.

Responsibilities

  • Providing administration support to the nursing and medical team.
  • Liaising with theatres and other members of the MDT.
  • Welcoming patients on the unit.
  • Using electronic patient record (EPR) system.

Skills

Administration
Customer-facing experience
Electronic Patient Record (EPR)

Job description

Band 2 Ward Clerk (Adult Day Surgery Unit / Chesterman Unit)

Shift pattern 10am-6pm Monday to Friday. This is subject to change in case of staff absences to 7am-3pm.

We are looking for a ward clerk for our Adult Day Surgery Unit/Chesterman - the role will also involve covering both areas when required.

Adult Day Surgery is a 34 bedded day surgery unit caring for patients pre and post operatively.

Chesterman Unit is a newly opened 13 podded unit for patients requiring inpatient surgery to be admitted prior to their operation.

Experience in administration and customer-facing experience is essential for this post.

Main duties of the job

Providing administration support to the nursing and medical team.

Liaising with theatres and other members of the MDT.

Welcoming patients on the unit.

Using electronic patient record (EPR) system.

About us

Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job responsibilities

To undertake various clerical and administrative duties to facilitate the smooth running of the day unit.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Person Specification
Qualifications
  • Literate and numerate
  • Experience of EPR
Experience
  • Working with the public
  • Previous hospital clerical work
  • Secretarial or clerical experience
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.

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