# Ward Clerk (part-time) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-clerk-part-time/b7b39ef1-0dd2-4c52-87df-5a592d4dc5b7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-clerk-part-time/b7b39ef1-0dd2-4c52-87df-5a592d4dc5b7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Blackpool - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 pro rota per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-21T12:10:48.829Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Blackpool/Blackpool_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Ward_Clerk/Ward_Clerk-v7699624 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7699624?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity to recruit a full time Ward Clerk to work within the Children's Clinic at Blackpool Teaching hospital. This post is for a full time, permanent contract working Monday - Friday.  Children's Clinic is part of the Child Health & Development Directorate helping to support acutely unwell children of the surrounding area. This advert may close early due to popularity - there is no sponsorship for this 15 hour Band 2 role. ### Main duties of the job - Deliver efficient administrative and clerical services to the Clinic Team. - Maintain effective communication with patients, relatives, and staff to ensure the smooth functioning of the ward, thereby enhancing patient care. - Ensure all information is secure, maintaining confidentiality at all times. - Provide excellent customer service, which may involve communicating with distressed and anxious patients and relatives, treating them with tact and empathy. - Ensure the professional image of the Trust is upheld at all times. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The postholder will be expected to provide clerical, administrative, and information technology support to medical, nursing, and other staff in relation to the patients within the department. Although primarily based in a specific area or ward, the postholder may be required to work in any part of the trust to cover short-term absences. For full details please see Job Description and Person Specification ## Job Details This is an exciting opportunity to recruit a full time Ward Clerk to work within the Children's Clinic at Blackpool Teaching hospital. This post is for a full time, permanent contract working Monday - Friday.  Children's Clinic is part of the Child Health & Development Directorate helping to support acutely unwell children of the surrounding area. This advert may close early due to popularity - there is no sponsorship for this 15 hour Band 2 role. ## Job Description ·         Deliver efficient administrative and clerical services to the Clinic Team. ·         Maintain effective communication with patients, relatives, and staff to ensure the smooth functioning of the ward, thereby enhancing patient care. ·         Ensure all information is secure, maintaining confidentiality at all times. ·         Provide excellent customer service, which may involve communicating with distressed and anxious patients and relatives, treating them with tact and empathy. ·         Ensure the professional image of the Trust is upheld at all times. ## Responsibilities The postholder will be expected to provide clerical, administrative, and information technology support to medical, nursing, and other staff in relation to the patients within the department. Although primarily based in a specific area or ward, the postholder may be required to work in any part of the trust to cover short-term absences. For full details please see Job Description and Person Specification ## Person Specification ### Skills & Ability **Essential** - Ability to liaise and communicate with staff at all levels - Excellent interpersonal & communication skills inc. demonstrating empathy & sensitivity to patients and relatives - Ability to promote good working liaisons (staff, patients, relatives) - Extracting information / Listening Skills - Ability to handle complex enquiries - distressed & anxious patients - Ability to deal with challenging behaviour - Ability to provide excellent customer care - Proven strong administration skills - Accurate data entry - Excellent telephone manner - Enthusiastic highly motivated & committed to delivering a service - Understand teamwork and work within a team - Can remain calm and professional in a busy environment - Empathetic, but able to understand professional boundaries - Smart appearance, adhering to the Uniform Policy - Welcoming friendly and approachable manner - An adaptable approach to work **Desirable** - Excellent planning & organisational skills - Ability to prioritise workload to respond to changing demand - Comprehensive PC skills - databases, word-processing, email, Excel - Analytical skills & ability to problem solve - Able to plan and organise workload - Able to prioritise own workload and meet deadlines - Ability to work un-supervised ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of IT databases and computer systems - Knowledge of Trust procedures **Desirable** - Previous clerical experience - Working in an NHS/clinical environment - Previous experience of dealing with the general public - Knowledge of PAS or equivalent information system ### Education and Qualification **Essential** - Minimum of 3 qualifications to include GCSE grade A-C/4-9 or equivalent in Maths and English ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 480.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9959524) - [person specification (pdf, 512.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9959525) - [conditions of service (pdf, 248.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10316979) - [application guide booklet (pdf, 511.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2617) - [guidance on pre-employment checks (pdf, 64.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=447) - [statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 43.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=448) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.