Job summary
Employer heading
Ward Clerk
Band 2
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
An exciting new post has arisen within the Maternity administration team, as an Inpatient Ward Clerk.
You will be part of the Maternity administrative team, providing effective and efficient clerical and reception support. You will be working closely with the midwives team and expected to be well organised. The post holder will work within the several Inpatient Wards and Departments.
If you have the ability to multi-task in an administration role, with a flexible “can-do” attitude to work and can see yourself as part of a busy multidisciplinary team, then we would like to hear from you.
Due to the popularity of some positions, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early on receipt of sufficient applicants.
Main duties of the job
To provide effective and efficient clerical support to Maternity Pathway, ensuring that administration processes meet the needs of all service users. This may require the post-holder to work at a different site in the event of absence. This may require the post-holder to work at a different site in the event of absence.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good educational standard of at least GCSE in English or Maths, or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable customer service experience
- Ability to prioritise work to meet tight deadlines
- Previous clerical experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in hospital or NHS setting
- Experience with information databases
- Experience dealing with people in a healthcare or other stressful environments
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Basic computer literacy
- Good interpersonal skills including professional telephone etiquette
- Good organisational skills
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
- Daniel Linehan
- Job title
- Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
List jobs with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in Administrative Services or all sectors