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Job summary

Main area
Endoscopy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Fixed term: 16 months (Ending 1st April 2026)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Part time hours available)
Job ref
432-HR1916-24
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Colchester Hospital
Town
Colchester
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/01/2025 23:59

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Endoscopy Booking Clerk - COH

NHS AfC: Band 3

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

 

Job overview

Exciting opportunities have arisen for highly motivated, experienced administrators to join the Endoscopy booking team as an Endoscopy Booking Clerk at Colchester Hospital.

In this role you will be contacting patients via the phone, directly to book patients for their endoscopy procedures to assist diagnosis via our 18 week, urgent and 2 week wait pathways.

This role would be worked on a rota shift basis. Hours are between 08:00 and 16:00 Monday to Friday and Saturday 09:00 to 17:00. This may be subject to change upon needs of the service. 

Full Time and Part Time opportunities are available. Internal candidates will be offered a Secondment.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for booking patients in line with the Trust 'Patient Access Policy' and ensuring that all patients are allocated to an appropriate endoscopy list and procedures are carried out as soon as possible.

You will need to be fully computer literate in all Microsoft applications and ideally have recent administrative experience.  You will also need excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to prioritise own workload while maintaining a high level of accuracy.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. 

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff. 

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. 

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. 

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.   

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. 

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.   

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. 

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Working in an administrative role
  • Knowledge of Careflow and other Colchester Hospital systems
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of HICCS booking System

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Competency in computer skills.
  • Good general standard of literacy and numeracy
Desirable criteria
  • Good GCSE qualifications

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in an acute setting
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working within an Endoscopy Unit

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Team player
  • Accuracy and be Flexible
  • Excellent telephone manner

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in PeopleArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.NHS Pastoral CareDisability confident committedStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthHappy to Talk Flexible Working

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Megg Allison
Job title
Assistant General Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07964847384
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