Job summary
Starting April 2025
Exciting opportunity to come and join our developing team!
Lancaster ward at Lincoln County hospital is a busy general medical ward with 20 patients.
We are looking to recruit staff who have exceptional IT, record keeping skills and a knowledge regarding confidentiality and data protection. If you believe you have good customer service skills with pleasant and professional telephone and intra personal skills then please apply.
NHS experience is desirable but not essential.
Main duties of the job
As part of your ward clerk role you will work closely with the nursing and medical teams based on Lancaster, providing their clerical and reception support. You will be expected to maintain high standards of record keeping, filing whilst liaising with other departments within the hospital and outside organisations such as GP's, other healthcare professionals and other hospitals in the best interest of the patients.
About us
Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Ability to use basic data input / word processing
- Basic general secondary education
Desirable
Previous Experience
Essential
- Working in a customer care/administration environment
Desirable
- Previous experience in a Hospital/care environment
Knowledge Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
- Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda
Desirable
- Good organisational skills
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Ability to produce clear, concise and informative information
- Willing to adopt new working practice
Desirable
- Prepared to undertake training relevant to the post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Ability to use basic data input / word processing
- Basic general secondary education
Desirable
Previous Experience
Essential
- Working in a customer care/administration environment
Desirable
- Previous experience in a Hospital/care environment
Knowledge Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
- Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda
Desirable
- Good organisational skills
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Ability to produce clear, concise and informative information
- Willing to adopt new working practice
Desirable
- Prepared to undertake training relevant to the post.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
