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Ward Clerk - SCBU

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Warwick, CV34 5BW

Salary

£25,272

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

11 September 2026

11 days left

Job description

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 im...

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

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.

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.

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

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

28 August 2026

Last checked

31 August 2026

Salary, closing date and description are taken from the employer's advert. The original advert always takes precedence.

About the employer

SWU
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

NHS organisation

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