Ward Clerk (XN02)

Job summary

Expected Shortlisting Date

14/01/2025

Planned Interview Date

24/01/2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time ward clerk position in Cardiac Surgery based at the Leeds General Infirmary.

The post-holder will be required to work 37.5 hours each week.

The successful applicants will be required to deal with a variety of duties including answering the telephone, data inputting, checking and ordering ward stock, general clerical duties and organising patient transport.

Applicants should possess good communication and organisational skills and be willing to work within a multi-disciplinary team. Previous clerical experience preferably within the NHS is desirable.

For further information please contact Vicki Bentley - victoriabentley@nhs.net or 0113 3927416

Main duties of the job

To undertake administrative duties at ward level including the accurate and timely recording of patient activity data on Trust systems. To undertake clerical and related duties on the ward and enable Sister/Charge Nurse and other ward staff to concentrate more freely on direct patient care. This will involve considerable liaison with other departments and wards on behalf of the ward staff.

The jobholder will contribute to the maintenance of an environment for effective care.

Job responsibilities

Come and join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision and values. Our Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care and rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers in the UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north.

At Cardio-Respiratory CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive, caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.