# Ward Clerk > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Isle of Wight NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-clerk/8efa64ef-2eb7-4436-b18e-7e9e01c3d0f8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-clerk/8efa64ef-2eb7-4436-b18e-7e9e01c3d0f8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Isle of Wight NHS Trust - **Town:** Newport - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 pro rata, per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T11:30:45.335Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Isle_Wight/Newport_Isle_Wight/Isle_Wight_NHS_Trust/Administration/Administration-v8057331 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8057331?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.iow.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Internal Only We are recruiting for a Ward Clerk  who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care . We seek an enthusiastic individual with good communication skills that can adapt to changes in the patient cohorts. The successful candidate will need to be motivated, organised and be able to provide a full range of clerical duties to support the smooth running of the ward. The maintaining of live patient information through our electronic systems and the information governance of patient records is essential to this role. ### Main duties of the job Previous experience in an administrative role is desirable, however if evidence of strong IT and admin skills is reflected in the application this will be considered. Daily communication with patients and families, both by telephone and face to face is a key part of this role so we will be looking for a person that presents themselves in a polite and professional manner. We look forward to hearing from you if you are interested in this role. We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services. We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting. For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached. ## Job Details Internal Only We are recruiting for a Ward Clerk who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care . We seek an enthusiastic individual with good communication skills that can adapt to changes in the patient cohorts. The successful candidate will need to be motivated, organised and be able to provide a full range of clerical duties to support the smooth running of the ward. The maintaining of live patient information through our electronic systems and the information governance of patient records is essential to this role. ## Job Description Previous experience in an administrative role is desirable, however if evidence of strong IT and admin skills is reflected in the application this will be considered. Daily communication with patients and families, both by telephone and face to face is a key part of this role so we will be looking for a person that presents themselves in a polite and professional manner. We look forward to hearing from you if you are interested in this role. We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services. We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today. ## Responsibilities Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting. For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached. ## Person Specification ### Aptitudes **Essential** - Able to use initiative to cope in a variety of situations - Good time management skills - Ability to maintain effectiveness under pressure - Act in ways that support equality and diversity ### Physical Skills **Essential** - Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder i.e. Able to lift, push, pull items as required ### Communication Skills **Essential** - Communicates with a range of people day to day - Able to demonstrate a high level of understanding of confidentiality ### Qualifications and role specific knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of level 2 numeracy and literacy - Basic IT skills - Experience of working in healthcare setting - Capable of using windows based system ## Documents - [ward clerk (pdf, 563.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10348861) - [rehabilitation of offenders act information (doc, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=248) ## 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.