Maternity Ward Clerk - Outpatients

Job overview

To provide clerical, administrative and reception duties for the Maternity Department. To contribute to efficient and effective care by ensuring all patient records are maintained correctly from admission to discharge.

To ensure patient records are available upon admission or as soon as possible thereafter, liaising with all relevant personnel e.g., Medical Records and Medical Secretaries

To maintain patient medical records in good order by filing reports, letters, etc and ensure all investigation reports are available for consultant’s rounds.

Main duties of the job

To ensure patient records are tracked into and out of the department.

To provide a reception service to cover a 24-hour period over 7 days, ensuring all visitors to the department are authorised.

There may also be a requirement to undertake other similar duties as part of this post to provide a quality service.  These will be consistent with the level of responsibilities outlined above.

This job description may be reviewed from time to time in light of developments and may be amended in consultation with the post holder.

To cover weekend clinics

To provide a reception service to the Maternity Unit, liaising with midwifery staff as appropriate, and including monitoring visitors access and egress from the ward at all times, alerting the ward manager/shift lead, midwifery staff and/or security guards as appropriate to any unauthorised visitors/untoward behaviour.

Diary checking.

To support the Community Midwifery Message Service during weekends and Bank Holidays.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.