# Ward Clerk - Caroline Ward

**Company**: St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £31,066 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Ward Clerk to join our team on Caroline Ward, a 24-bedded thoracic surgery ward at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will provide effective and efficient clerical support to patients, visitors, and nursing staff.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a healthcare environment, be computer literate with knowledge of hospital IT systems, and possess good organisational, communication, and computer skills. They will be able to work autonomously and as part of a friendly multidisciplinary team, be self-motivated, adaptable, and flexible, with excellent customer care skills.

The main duties of the job will include acting as the initial point of contact for patients, visitors, and callers to the ward, ensuring their needs are met promptly and politely, and assisting the ward staff in the smooth running of the ward by taking responsibility for the routine administrative aspects of the ward organisation.

The salary for this permanent, full-time position is £31,066 a year, including inner London HCAS.

**Responsibilities:**

- Act as the initial point of contact for patients, visitors, and callers to the ward

- Assist the ward staff in the smooth running of the ward

- Take responsibility for the routine administrative aspects of the ward organisation

- Provide effective and efficient clerical support to patients, visitors, and nursing staff

**Requirements:**

- Experience in a healthcare environment

- Computer literacy with knowledge of hospital IT systems

- Good organisational, communication, and computer skills

- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team

- Excellent customer care skills

- Previous experience of working with the public

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary

- Permanent, full-time position

- Opportunities for professional development and growth

## Skills

### Required
- organisational skills
- communication skills
- computer literacy
- customer care skills

### Nice to have
- previous experience in a healthcare environment
- knowledge of hospital IT systems

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