# Ward Clerk > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-clerk/3dd3f055-685a-42b5-b483-dd161f7b626f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-clerk/3dd3f055-685a-42b5-b483-dd161f7b626f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Victoria Infirmary - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-17T00:01:14.813Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Royal_Victoria_Infirmary/The_Newcastle_upon_Tyne_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_ED_Assessment_RVI/Paediatric_ED_Assessment_RVI-v8209298 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8209298?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview PEAU are recruiting for two full-time Ward Clerks to join the team. The unit is a busy and dynamic environment, supporting babies, children and young people who attend with a wide range of acute illnesses and injuries. - Interview Date: 3 September 2026 - 37 hours 30 minutes/week - You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy. NO AGENCIES PLEASE ### Main duties of the job The successful candidates will play a key role in supporting the smooth day-to-day running of the unit. This includes providing administrative support to the clinical team, ensuring accurate patient information management, and contributing to a welcoming and efficient service for patients and families in a fast-paced acute setting. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To provide and maintain efficient and effective administrative support to the Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse and multidisciplinary team. - Contribute to the delivery of a consistently high standard of patient care as part of the multi-disciplinary team. - Ensures case notes, investigations, X-rays and results are available for new admissions, ward rounds and multi-disciplinary team meetings. - To ensure that case notes are correctly maintained following departmental guidelines and compliance with legislation (Caldicott Guidelines etc). - Ensuring PAS system is up to date and accurate. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Basic IT skills - Ability to communicate with members of the public and healthcare providers - Able to work effectively alone or part of the multidisciplinary team - Effective organisation and time management skills ### Knowledge & Experience **Desirable** - Previous experience working within the NHS - Knowledge of the eRecord, Mermaid, Casis, ERA and or Tracking systems ### Qualifications & Education **Essential** - NVQ 2 level qualification / experience and/or minimum of 4 GCSEs, Level 4 – 9 (A – C), including English Language, or equivalent level qualification or relevant experience **Desirable** - Competent with Microsoft Office software including Outlook; ICT Level 1 Qualification or equivalent ## Documents - [jd&ps (pdf, 223.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10516284) - [newcastle staff benefits (pdf, 274.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2721) - [behaviour and civility charter (pdf, 93.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2922) ## 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.