Ward Clerk - Eye Day Care

An exciting opportunity as a part time Ward Clerk has become available within the Eye Day Care department at Maidstone Hospital.

This role is pivotal in the smooth running of the department. We are a small team within the Ophthalmology Department, our ethos is to work together as a team for the benefit of our patients., The post involves ordering and collating notes for admission lists and a variety of other specialist clinics. Your role also involves the preparation of the notes for both admissions and clinics. You would be expected to admit and discharge patients and book follow up appointments as appropriate. You will have a close working relationship with the medical and nursing teams and other support staff.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in West Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre. Fordcombe Hospital is near Tunbridge Wells and became part of the Trust in October 2024. It focusses on planned care and has two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day care beds, diagnostic services including X-ray, MRI, CT and endoscopy, and a number of consultation and treatment rooms.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.