# Ward Clerk - Ward 20

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- **Location:** Maidstone Hospital
- **Profession:** Ward clerk
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2025-11-20T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2025-11-12T14:42:44.010Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Tunbridge_Wells/Maidstone_Tunbridge_Wells_NHS_Trust/Ward_Clerk/Ward_Clerk-v7227278
- **Employer website:** https://www.mtw.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Please note this role is currently only being advertised to staff members who are currently working within the Kent and Medway ICS.

An opportunity has arisen to recruit a ward clerk to join Ward 20.

You will be responsible for providing a front-line reception service and delivering a high standard of customer care; so you will need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills. You will be required to have IT literate skills and knowledge of our hospital systems such as Tele Tracking, Allscripts, booking transport and data collection systems. We are looking for a motivated person who has had experience working with the public and ideally in a hospital setting.

### Main duties of the job

You will be required to demonstrate that you can work as part of a large multi-disciplinary team as well as being able to work independently.

You will be supported by the ward manager and nursing team and will report directly to the ward manager.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We’ve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Standard Level.

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to work independently and problem solve, as well as work as part of a team.
- Possess excellent inter-personal skills.
- Ability to be self-motivated and proactive.
- Ability to enter data precisely.
- Attention to detail.
- Non-clinical manual handing experience

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

**Desirable**

- GCSE in English
- Recognised IT qualification

### Experience/Knowledge

**Essential**

- Previous administrative experience
- IT literate with excellent keyboard skills
- Is able to manage and prioritise own workload
- Be able to manage time effectively
- Previous telephone service experience
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the principles of data protection and patient confidentiality

**Desirable**

- Possess experience in dealing with public
- Possess clerical experience
- Work experience in the Hospital/Ward
- Able to use Microsoft packages
- Previous NHS systems experience

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 63.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2762)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9459840)

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