# Ward Clerk > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-clerk/f0f47500-34e5-42b0-92d7-f8d750a8f85e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-clerk/f0f47500-34e5-42b0-92d7-f8d750a8f85e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Northern General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Ward clerk - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 pa/pro rata for part time staff - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 24 hours per week (Over 4 days, hours can be discussed at interview. No weekends.) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T00:01:14.300Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Heeley/Sheffield_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Renal/Renal-v8369042 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8369042?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic team player with proven admin skills. You need to be flexible and reliable to provide efficient and effective admin duties supporting the multi-disciplinary team at Sheffield Satellite Unit. We are seeking confident individuals with excellent communication skills and a professional, tactful and diplomatic approach to work within our busy department. This is a demanding but interesting and varied role. The successful candidate must possess the ability to work as part of a team and the initiative to work unsupervised when necessary. An understanding of confidentiality is essential as well as a commitment to delivering excellent customer service. You must be educated to a GCSE grade 4/C or above in English and Maths (or equivalent experience) and have experience working in an admin environment. Previous hospital experience knowledge would be desirable. Effective communication skills and excellent keyboard skills are also essential. Full training for this post will be provided. ### Main duties of the job As a ward clerk you will be working within Sheffield Satellite Unit to provide a comprehensive administrative service. You will be dealing with members of the public , internal and extremal agencies a combination of reception based work and coordinating patients transportation. We are looking for somebody enthusiastic, polite and professional with great communication skills to join our hard working team. They will need experience in dealing with members of the public and providing an excellent service. In addition to this, we are looking for someone comfortable performing office duties such as answering phones and with previous experience using IT systems. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working within an office environment - Experience of working in a public facing role. **Desirable** - Experience within the NHS ### Further training **Essential** - Knowledge of / experience of using information and/or customer service systems. - Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages including Outlook, Excel and Word. **Desirable** - Experience of PAS / Infoflex / SystmOne (area specific software) - Previous experience Infoflex / 59R Software ### Skills & Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of data protection issues and the ability to maintain confidentiality - Excellent communication skills, with ability to deal with staff at all levels. - Displays use of initiative with effective organisational skill - Ability to prioritise and work to strict/conflicting deadlines - On-going commitment to personal development ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE at Grade 4/C in English & Maths (or equivalent qualifications) or relevant experience **Desirable** - NVQ Level II in Business Administration / Customer Service / IT ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2420) - [information for candidates (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2162) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 208.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10696527) - [applicants - how we use your information (pdf, 87.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2165) - [getting to work at sheffield teaching hospitals (pdf, 212.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2163) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 124.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2211) - [a guide to using artificial intelligence and with your personal statement (pdf, 163.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2894) - [candidate application best practice guide - please read before completing your application (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2161) ## 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.