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Job summary

Main area
Integrated Surgery
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent: 37.5 (Monday-Friday)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
265-6297411-A
Employer
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Town
Northampton
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 Per Annum / Pro Rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Inpatient Waiting List Coordinator

Band 3

Job overview

Integrated Surgery are looking for a friendly, hardworking and enthusiastic person to join our Admissions Team as an Inpatient Waiting List Coordinator. 

You will need strong  organisation and communication skills and must be able to demonstrate experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines.

 

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for booking patient dates for their operations and ensuring that all clinical activity is recorded accurately.

Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills will be required for this post, as you will be expected to communicate well with patients and all levels of staff.

There may also be a requirement for you to cover the reception area, at times.

 

Working for our organisation

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assist with the effective management of patient pathways by ensuring that all necessary surgical admission appointments are arranged on time, preoperative and diagnostics tests are processed as requested and that patients receive timely treatment, thus meeting the Trust and national standards.

Assist with the coordination of theatre lists to ensure effective time management and maximum theatre capacity utilisation, working with your named consultant teams.

Assist the process of patient tracking and validation by ensuring the relevant databases and patient information systems are up to date.

Ensure patients’ notes are correctly completed with the patient details and accurate copies of investigative reports and correspondence are filed in medical records case notes, following laid down guidelines.

Prepare and collate statistical information as required and input to database if appropriate, in conjunction with Trust requirements.

Provide general administrative services including photocopying, filing and other office routines.

Ensure all correspondence and documentation is filed promptly and cross referenced whenever necessary.

Deal with enquiries on behalf of the Clinical Teams, within agreed limits, and take appropriate action.

Liaise with other hospital departments, GPs and other health care agencies when required.

Assist and help colleagues when the need arises and provide cross–cover within the team during absence.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Able to work to deadlines and targets
  • Experience of working within the NHS
Desirable criteria
  • RTT Knowledge
  • Previous experience of managing waiting lists

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team
  • Self-motivated
  • Understand the need for confidentiality
  • High level of concentration
  • Approachable and supportive to others

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and written
  • Ability to work accurately and flexibly
  • Able to prioritise own work
  • Excellent organisational skills

Education, Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent level of education, training or experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Alisha Vilo
Job title
Administration Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01604 523243
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