Ward Clerk - Caroline Ward

The post holder will need to act as the initial point of contact for patients, visitors and callers to the ward ensuring their needs are met promptly and politely. As well as assist the ward staff in the smooth running of the ward by taking responsibility for the routine administrative aspects of the ward organisation.

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role.

This vacancy will close early if a high number of applicants are received

IMPORTANT PLEASE READIf applying for this post, in your Supporting Statement please highlight the following. This is required to be able to shortlist you for thisopportunity.1) Outline the experience you have had relevant to this post.2) Why you have applied for this position.3) What skills and assets you will bring to this role

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Experience

Desirable: - Ability to initiate ideas in the ward environment

Qualifications

Desirable: - Previous healthcare experience.; - Experience using a patient administration system e.g. ICLIP etc.