Ward Clerk - Burnley Birth Centre | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Lancashire is seeking a Ward Clerk to support the Birth Centre team. The role involves administrative duties such as managing records and handling enquiries, contributing to the delivery of high-quality care for women and their families. This position is temporary, covering maternity leave, and requires good communication and clerical skills. Training will be provided on hospital systems. The job offers a dynamic work environment with a focus on patient care.

Qualifications

• Ability to oversee administration duties to support the birth centre.
• Experience in dealing with telephone enquiries.
• Familiarity with maintaining computerised records.

Responsibilities

• Welcome patients and visitors.
• Maintain computerised records.
• Handle general clerical tasks.

Skills

Good communication skills

Keyboard skills

Clerical experience

Job description

The role of the Ward Clerk within the Birth Centre encompasses the opportunity to work within the wider maternity and obstetric teams to provide safe, personal and effective care to women and their families.

The successful candidate will work alongside the team to undertake the responsibility of overseeing the administration duties to support the birth centre and community setting. The duties will include telephone communication with both patients and staff, coordination of workload within the community, the management of clerical tasks including filing and accessing digital case notes, alongside the continued update of computerised records and appointments.

The remit of clerical tasks is varied, and will be specific to the needs of the role.



We are offering an enthusiastic and caring individual the opportunity to apply for a role at the Burnley Birth Centre, East Lancashire Hospitals, as a ward clerk within the team.

This post is temporary to cover maternity leave, 30 hours per week, set at a shift pattern of 07:00 am till 19:30 pm Monday's and Wednesday's, and 13:00 to 19:00 on Friday's.

Based within the birth centre environment, you will work within a friendly team of Midwives, Midwifery Support Workers and clinicians dedicated to the provision of high quality care for the women and babies that they serve.

The post will be mainly focused on providing admin support to the clinical teams.

As part of the multi-disciplinary team you will help to deliver the highest level of family centred care to the women, babies and their families.

The main duties of the post will include the welcoming of patients and visitors, maintaining computerised records, dealing with telephone enquiries and general clerical tasks.

Applicants should have good communication and keyboard skills and be able to demonstrate their ability and skills against all key requirements highlighted in the personal specification. Previous clerical experience is essential, with knowledge of working in a hospital setting desirable, however full training will be given on the hospital computer systems.

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a dynamic and highly motivated team who are committed to providing a high standard of patient care within an environment that is evolving to meet the needs of the women and families who are accessing maternity care within the birth centre and community settings.









For details of the job and person specification please see the link to the attached Job description and person Specification.






This advert closes on Friday 25 Jul 2025