Ward Clerk

Our Children’s Services team is actively recruiting for a highly motivated and dedicated Ward Clerk to join our busy, vibrant unit within Children's Ward, Young peoples unit and Children's Elective Care at Colchester General Hospital.

You will actively participate as a full member of the team, assisting with the smooth running of the inpatient department by managing the reception and administrative functions in a timely, effective and efficient way alongside Doctors, Nurses and Healthcare Assistants.

Ward clerks are the first point of contact for visitors and patients to the ward, so we need someone who will ensure that the Trust's ‘OAK’ Values are used at all times to ensure the best patient experience.

Experience in using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is essential to this role.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital & community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester & Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.