Ward Clerk - Lulworth Ward | Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for someone to join our team on Lulworth Ward, this role will enable you to be the welcoming face for all out patients and visitors.

Lulworth Ward is a general surgical ward with a friendly and professional team that will provide an ideal environment for applicants to learn new skills, work as a team and provide a friendly and welcoming environment for patients. Team work is essential and the Ward Clerk role is vital in facilitating safe patient discharge, accurate filing and record keeping and maintaining good communication between the members of the Multidisciplinary teams.

The successful applicant will be joining a positive, friendly and supportive team focused on goals driven by patient experience and evidence based best practice.

We are committed to providing you with the skills you require to work in this exciting, high performing environment and the successful candidate will be mentored and supported with opportunities to further their career.

If you possess good organisational & interpersonal skills, enjoy working as part of a team and are willing to adapt and implement change, we would love to hear from you.

Main tasks and responsibilities will be to collate, order and process patient records using hospital computer systems, provide support to patients, with a personal approach in the reception areas. The post holder will also be required to provide admin support to the nurses on the ward when required. All detailed further in the Person Specification and Job Description.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online., Disability Confident
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At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.