Ward Clerk - Antenatal Clinic

Job overview

The role of the administrator within the Antenatal clinic encompasses the opportunity to work within the wider maternity and obstetric teams to provide safe, personal and effective care to women and their families.

The successful candidate will work alongside the antenatal clinic and specialist midwife teams to undertake the responsibility of overseeing the administration duties to support the clinic environment. The duties will include telephone communication with both patients and staff, the management of clerical tasks including handling referrals, gathering and recording failsafe screening data alongside the continued update of computerised records and appointments on Cerner and Badgernet

The remit of clerical tasks is varied, and will be specific to the needs of the role.

The post will be mainly focused on providing admin support to the clinical teams.

Main duties of the job

We are offering enthusiastic and caring individuals the opportunity to apply for a role within the Antenatal Clinic and Fetal Medicine Unit at East Lancashire Hospitals as a ward clerk within the team.

Based within maternity services, you will work in a friendly team of Midwives, Midwifery Support Workers and clinicians dedicated to the provision of high quality care for the women and babies that they serve.

The post will be mainly focused on providing admin support to the clinical teams.

As part of the multi-disciplinary team you will help to deliver the highest level of family centred care to the women, babies and their families.

The main duties of the post will include  maintaining computerised records, dealing with telephone enquiries and general clerical tasks, whilst supporting 4 specialist maternity teams.

Applicants should have good communication and keyboard skills and be able to demonstrate their ability and skills against all key requirements highlighted in the personal specification. Previous clerical experience is essential, with knowledge of working in a hospital setting desirable, however full training will be given on the hospital computer systems.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details regarding the job please see the attached job description and person specification.