Ward Clerk: Patient Access & Admin Support

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bedford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites two Ward Clerks to join our Ward Clerk team at Bedford Hospital on a float basis. You will provide frontline clerical support to clinical staff and assist patients and relatives during visits, while ensuring accurate data input into clinical systems.

The role requires GCSE-level education or equivalent, experience in customer-facing/reception roles, and familiarity with using IT packages.

Qualifications

• Educated to GSCE standard or equivalent.
• Experience Of Working In a Customer Facing/reception Role
• Experience of using IT package

Responsibilities

• Provide frontline clerical service to clinical staff within the ward and support patients and relatives during visits.
• Input patient level data into clinical systems for admissions, discharges and transfers with data quality and governance adherence.
• Manage workload flexibly and cover across wards as the role develops with business needs.]
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Skills

GSCE standard

Customer facing

IT package

Job description

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites two Ward Clerks to join our Ward Clerk team at Bedford Hospital on a float basis. You will provide frontline clerical support to clinical staff and assist patients and relatives during visits, while ensuring accurate data input into clinical systems.

The role requires GCSE-level education or equivalent, experience in customer-facing/reception roles, and familiarity with using IT packages.