Ward Aide - SCBU

We are pleased to be able to offer an opportunity for a Ward Clerk to join our team on the Special Care Baby Unit. We are an 11 cot baby unit that is based next door to the Labour Ward. We strive to deliver safe and effective care to sick and preterm newborn babies. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual to join our team. The successful applicant will provide clerical and administrative support to the clinical team on the Special Care Baby Unit.

To assist the SCBU team with all necessary clerical duties. To ensure all orders are made using the Integra system. To use the Lorenzo system to ensure that all patients are admitted/transferred or discharged to and from SCBU. To help with cleaning and house keeping on SCBU if required.

Ensure accurate data quality. Be responsible for maintaining confidentiality of information about patients and staff and Trust business in accordance with the Data Protection Act.

To be the first point of contact for women and their families accessing the

SCBU and demonstrating a welcoming demeanour in person and on the phone.

To work independently, meet deadlines and have an ability to prioritise

work according to differing demands from staff.

To have a confident and committed working approach to all duties.

To receive and relay oral messages, answer telephone queries/receive

and sort/distribute incoming mail as appropriate.

To carry out any other duties commensurate with the post holders band,

as agreed by their line manager.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Faye Bradley Job title: Ward Manager Email address: [email protected]