Paediatric Ward Clerk

Job overview

To provide high quality clerical support to the medical and nursing staff on the ward and to be responsible for the management of patient information. To be accountable for the greeting of patients and visitors attending the Children’s Ward and ensuring they are informed appropriately.

Main duties of the job

Medical Records Management:

To update and maintain accurate complete patient data on the computer-based system (Epic).

To conduct quality audits as requested by the medical team.

To ensure that patients are admitted appropriately to the ward.

To ensure that external correspondence is processed and sent to the scanning bureau team to be uploaded onto Epic. 

To enter and retrieve data from all current Trust computer systems in place (Epic) to an acceptable data quality standard.

To ensure that all GP summaries are mailed within 24 hours of patient di...