Job vacancy: Ward Clerk, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth

Job summary

Main area: Trauma Orthopeadics
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (per annum)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible)
Job ref: 216-LT-DD8061643

Employer: University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Sharp ward
Town: Plymouth
Salary: £25,272 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/08/2026 23:59

Ward Clerk

NHS AfC: Band 2

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Deal with enquiries, including telephone enquiries in conjunction with and under the direction of nursing staff.
Receiving results by telephone from laboratories.
To continually manage the SALUS system as a working real time system.
Maintain hospital notes in accordance with the University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust policies.
Entering admissions and discharges on iPM, including ward transfers, clinical transfers and speciality transfers and updating patient information where necessary.
Ensuring that the bed state is kept up to date on iPM.
Commence paperwork as appropriate on patient’s admission i.e. new front sheets and labels
File reports, ensuring they have firstly been seen and initialled by Medical staff.
Ensure availability of case notes (including investigation reports) for all admissions. Obtaining notes -from other departments using computerised tracing system.
Tracing of notes in and out of ward using the computerised tracing system.

For further details please see the attached JD & PS

Person specification

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable experience within a similar role.

Desirable criteria

• Proven knowledge of hospital systems
• IPM
• SALUS

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

• Education to GCSE level 4-9 in English and Maths
• Or equivalent demonstrable experience

APTITUDE & ABILITIES

Essential criteria

• Good communication skills.
• Polite
• Must have an all-round interest in clerical duties

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY INCLUDING YOUR JUNK FOLDER.

If you need support with the online application process or require reasonable adjustments with the application and/or interview process please contact the Recruiting Manager for this post.

We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants about less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. We recommend contacting the manager of the role prior to applying and we commit to giving requests full consideration.

We welcome and encourage applicants who identify with all protected characteristics to apply for our roles. We believe that diversity strengthens our teams and improves our patients' experience. At UHP we aim to create an inclusive workplace and hospital where everyone feels they belong and included.

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Please note that if you are successful in your application & accept the position you agree that the Staff Health and Wellbeing Department can access your health records from your current/previous employer in order to check the status of your inoculations & screening tests. This is an automated process & the information will only be used for these purposes prior to your taking up the position with us.

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Unsolicited CVs and Candidate Profiles/Details
University Hospitals Plymouth has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.

We do, however, work with a defined list of preferred HTE Framework suppliers who may be invited to support us in sourcing candidates for particular roles.

In line with our preferred supplier list, we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the Trust’s Medical Workforce team.

We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to the Trust or Trust employees by any other means than the official route above. Where this is not observed the Trust reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and initiate discussions without payment of any agency fee.

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Submission of any unsolicited CVs, candidate’s details and/or proposals to the Trust will not be considered further and will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this Agency Protocol.

In order to establish and maintain good working relationships with the Trust’s agency suppliers, we ask that this Protocol is adhered to and thank you for your co-operation.