Ward Clerk - Paediatrics

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals; Preston; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is seeking a Paediatric Ward Clerk to join Ward 8 and the Paediatric Assessment Unit at Royal Preston Hospital. You’ll be the first point of contact for patients, families and visitors, delivering a friendly, professional front‑of‑house service.

The role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with a salary of £25,272 per annum. You will support clinical teams with clerical tasks, manage patient information and help maintain smooth ward flow.

Qualifications

• Numeracy and literacy skills.
• GCSE Maths and English C or above or equivalent.
• Previous experience of working with the public.
• Aware of the concept and application of confidentiality.
• Previous experience of working in a health care or related setting.
• Understanding and awareness of Quadramed system.

Responsibilities

• Greeting and supporting children, young people and their families on arrival.
• Providing a helpful and professional front‑of‑house service.
• Managing patient information and ensuring accurate data entry.
• Supporting clinical teams with essential clerical tasks.
• Organising records, results and documentation.
• Booking follow‑up appointments and assisting with daily ward flow.

Skills

Numeracy

Literacy

Education

GCSE Maths and English

Job description

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Main area Women's and children's Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (To cover 5 days Monday - Friday) Job ref 438-PB4956

Site Ward 8, Royal Preston Hospital Town Preston Salary £25,272 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you organised, caring and passionate about making a difference for children and their families? We’re looking for a dedicated Paediatric Ward Clerk to join our friendly team on Ward 8 and the Paediatric Assessment Unit at Royal Preston Hospital.

As the vital first point of contact for our patients, families and visitors, you’ll help create a warm, welcoming and supportive environment. This is a key role where excellent communication skills, compassion and attention to detail really matter.

You’ll be part of a dedicated, supportive team who work together to deliver the highest standard of care. This is a fantastic opportunity to play an important role in the smooth running of our paediatric services and to contribute to a positive experience for our young patients and their families.

If you’re passionate about helping others, enjoy working with people and are looking for a rewarding role where no two days are the same, we’d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Greeting and supporting children, young people and their families on arrival
• Providing a helpful and professional front‑of‑house service
• Managing patient information and ensuring accurate data entry
• Supporting clinical teams with essential clerical tasks
• Organising records, results and documentation
• Booking follow‑up appointments and assisting with daily ward flow

Working for our organisation

We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our service users. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

We are a forward thinking team and have a number of exciting developments planned, we value the voice of staff as well as patients and there will be opportunities for involvement in shaping the future of the unit. Our priority is patient safety and experience and we believe this is achieved by creating a positive experience for staff in the workplace.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Responding to external and internal telephone queries fromstaff, patients and others and referring to appropriate person.

Communicates with a range of staff, users and visitors to the Trust / Department utilizing a variety of communication methods including verbal, electronic and passing information in a format that is appropriate to the individual request.

Organising incoming and outgoing post, referring enquires to appropriate person as necessary.

Utilisation of local or Trust case note tracking system.

Filing of reports and results.

Data Entry.

File Location.

Qualifications & Education

• Numeracy and literacy skills
• GCSE Maths and English C or above or equivalent

Knowledge & Experience

• Previous experience of working with the public
• Aware of the concept and application of confidentiality
• Previous experience of working in a health care or related setting
• Understanding and awareness of Quadramed system

Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we’re looking forward to receiving your application. You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received so it would be best to apply as soon as you can. We’ll contact you by e-mail to update you on the progress of your application so please check the e-mail account that you applied from (including spam/junk) regularly.

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post. Our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders is available Here

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