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Pathway Coordinator (Medical Secretary)

Job details
Posting date: 25 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata pa
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 25 May 2024
Location: Tamworth, B78 3NG
Company: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6117884/320-SURG-BUR-0962

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Summary

A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.


If you are looking for an interesting and varied role and would like to work as part of a friendly and busy team this could be the position you are looking for.

A vacancy has arisen for the role of Pathway Co-ordinator within the Community Secretarial Team at Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital, Tamworth

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated team player with excellent communication & problem solving skills. You will require high levels of tact and diplomacy with the ability to prioritise your own workload effectively to enable day to day management. You will be working alongside a number of consultants and various other clinical staff.

Working for a Team of Consultants, you will need to be an enthusiastic and motivated team player with excellent communication & problem solving skills. You will require high levels of tact, diplomacy with the ability to prioritise your own workload effectively to enable day to day management in a fast-paced environment.

You will need to have keyboard skills, ability to work well in a team and have a pleasant disposition.

To administratively co-ordinate and support with the admin team within the department, manage outpatient appointments, to ensure efficient patient pathways and supporting with training and development.

You must also have a comprehensive understanding of outpatient administrative processes, a thorough knowledge of the 18 week RTT pathway and the Trust's Patient Access Policy.

Closing date: 9th May 2024

Interview date: 23rd May 2024

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.



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Person specification

Knowledge, training & experience

Essential criteria
• A good standard of English to O level/GCSE (A-C grade) or equivalent
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience typing clinical correspondence.

Desirable criteria
• RSA III /OCR/ECDL qualification or equivalent knowledge and skills
• Understanding of 18 RTT
• Demonstrable experience of working in a support secretary role
• Ability to use various NHS systems.

Planning & Organising

Essential criteria
• Able to prioritise work and escalate problems
• Demonstrates experience of organising

Desirable criteria
• Plan and organise own time with a flexible approach

Communication

Essential criteria
• Good communication skills; excellent written and verbal
• Ability to communicate routine information







This advert closes on Thursday 9 May 2024

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