Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Medicine
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (To work 12.5 hour shifts to cover days, nights, weekends and bank holidays)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 156-6931086
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £24,465 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Clerk
Band 2
Job overview
Ward Clerk - Acute Medical Unit
This is your chance to be part of an amazing ward team - where patient care is at the centre of everything we do. Do you want to make a difference to each patient’s experience of the NHS as they proceed through their journey? The Acute Medical Unit at the Royal Cornwall Hospital is recruiting now and we want you!
We are looking for a motivated, organised, friendly person who works well under pressure to join our team of ward. This role is to process admissions, transfers and discharges from the ward using the trust systems, while being flexible and adaptable to the needs of the ward.
If you enjoy working within a team and have great communication skills to deal with patients and their relatives, and the multi-disciplinary team then we would love to hear from you.
This is a full-time role for 37.5 hours per week (However part-time opportunities are also available) Please note this role is a 12.5 shift pattern including nights, weekends and bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
The Acute Medical Unit provides emergency medical care for patients who are requiring admission under the expert care of our admitting emergency medical physicians within our trust. Medical Admissions is a 53 bedded unit that cares for a range of acutely ill patients requiring medical investigations and treatment in a fast-paced environment, with a turnover of 30-40 patients a day. We have a commitment to ensuring that every patients experience on admission is of the highest quality. We require nurses who are energetic, forward thinking, flexible, self-motivated and who have care, compassion and courage at the core of their nursing vision. We provide our patients with a true multi-disciplined team that can support our patients in their health needs with our own ward based therapy team. An integral part of our team is our ward clerks who set off the experience as they meet and greet all new patients admitted to the ward under our care.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.
It’s established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE English or Maths or equivalent at pass grade
Desirable criteria
- RSA 1 or equivalent
Experience & Skills
Essential criteria
- Awareness of Data Protection Act
- Computer Literate
- Able to work under pressure and prioritise tasks
Desirable criteria
- Experience as a Ward Clerk within the NHS
- Knowledge of NHS administrative procedures
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kathryn O'Keeffe
- Job title
- Ward Leader
- Email address
- kathryn.o'[email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872 255959
- Additional information
Eleanore Boland - Ward Manager AMU on Tel: 07917086754 or 01872 255959.
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