Ward Clerk
| Posting date: | 16 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £24,465.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24465.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 March 2026 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL6 8DH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9216-26-0418 |
Summary
Deal with enquiries, including telephone enquiries in conjunction with and under the direction Clinical / nursing staff. Maintain Hospital notes in accordance with the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust policies. Entering admissions and discharges on iPM, including ward transfers, clinical transfers and speciality transfers and updating patient information where necessary. Be able to review community referrals and action them, by recording on IPM and making sure all relevant procedures or treatments are coded Ensure paperwork that needs to be retained is done so (electronically and or physically) and is disposed of confidentially after the retention period is over Ensuring that the bed state is kept up to date on iPM and Salus Commence paperwork as appropriate on patients admission ie new front sheets and labels File reports, ensuring they have firstly been seen and initialled/actioned if necessary, by Medical/Nursing staff. Ensure availability of case notes (including investigation reports) for all admissions. Obtaining notes from other departments using computerised tracing system Tracing of notes in and out of ward using the computerised tracing system Liaising with other departments and secretaries regarding referrals, appointments, and investigations to be arranged and booking transport as required and updating iPM as per Trust Policy. (NB referrals and investigations should be delivered or phoned through and not put in post). For further details please see enclosed JD and PS