Ward Clerk

• Deal with enquiries, including telephone enquiries in conjunction with and under the direction Clinical / nursing staff. • Responsible for ensuring notes are available for clinical coding within the required timeframe • Receiving results by telephone from laboratories. • 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. • Ensuring that the bed state is kept up to date on iPM • 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 For further information please see attached job description Job description Job responsibilities • Deal with enquiries, including telephone enquiries in conjunction with and under the direction Clinical / nursing staff. • Responsible for ensuring notes are available for clinical coding within the required timeframe • Receiving results by telephone from laboratories. • 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. • Ensuring that the bed state is kept up to date on iPM • 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 For further information please see attached job description