About this role
Job summary
Around 3000 babies a year are born at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust and we are proud to have been at the fore front of successful service improvements and developments including work with the Department of Health, Better Births, the Baby Friendly Initiative and local charities and support groups.
An exciting opportunity is available for a SCBU Ward Clerk to join the Family Health Division. We are looking for an individual with excellent communication and organisational skills, who is enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed to the provision of a high quality service.
Main duties of the job
Provide clerical and administrative support to the clinical team on the special care baby unit
To input, maintain and retrieve data from a variety of databases.
Ordering files and notes
Communicating with families and members of the multi disciplinary team
About us
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Job description Job responsibilities
Using the Lorenzo system
Ensure accurate data quality.
Responsible for organising and maintaining the healthcare records of all babies admitted onto the unit.
To set up and maintain a process to ensure all maternity filing (including results, correspondence and reports) are accurately and appropriately archived in the health care records.
To assist with all necessary clerical duties.
To ensure all stationery is ordered when needed.
Be responsible for maintaining confidentiality of information about patients and staff and Trust business in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
To be the first point of contact for women and their families accessing the Special Care Baby Unit, demonstrating a welcoming demeanour in person and on the phone.
To work under supervision, meet deadlines and have an ability to prioritise work according to differing demands from staff.
To have a confident and committed working approach to all duties.
To receive and relay oral messages, answer telephone queries/receive and sort/distribute incoming mail as appropriate.
To carry out any other duties commensurate with the post holders band, as agreed by their line manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to NVQ level 2 or equivalent experience
Experience Essential
Experience with IT system Competent IT skills
Desirable
Experience in health care setting
Skills Essential
Keen to develop new skills Good interpersonal skills - able to work as a team
Personal Qualities Essential
Good team worker Able to work under pressure Able to communicate clearly, in writing and verbally Sense of humour
Other Essential
Flexibility
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details Employer name South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
Address Special Care Baby Unit, Warwick Hospital
Lakin Road
Warwick
CV34 5BW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.swft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)