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Outpatient Booking Team Leader
| Posting date: | 05 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £28,407.00 to £34,581.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £28407.00 - £34581.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE18 4QH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9197-24-0687 |
Summary
The post holder will be responsible for implementation, coordination and ensuring robust administrative processes exist within the Outpatient Booking Teams Allied Clinical Services. They will be responsible for developing maximum productivity and efficiency in administrative working practices and lead on continual service improvement. The post holder will work closely with the Outpatient Managers and Service Manager to ensure targets are met across the Division. The post holder will lead the team of Administrative and Clerical staff, giving direction and guidance as and when required and overseeing their training and development. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring cross cover is arranged between sites in order that an efficient and effective administrative system is provided at all times. The post holder will be the first point of contact for administrative queries from stakeholders. The post holder will work closely with the Outpatient Managers and Service Manager to ensure all processes relating to booking appointments, Call Centre, Reception, Rescheduling and RTT are continually reviewed in order to provide an excellent service to patients and specialties. Main Duties and Responsibilities: To support the delivery of a cost effective and patient focussed Outpatient Service in line with the Trusts strategic direction and service plan. Manage the daily overdue follow up appointments worklist to ensure administration staff book patient appointments in chronological order and according to Trust elective access and booking choice policy. Monitor e-Referral appointment requests, waiting list and appointment slot issues (ASIs) and distribute to administrative staff to action accordingly. To highlight any capacity issues to the relevant Service Manager and Outpatient Managers. To produce weekly access reports to inform the specialties of the consultant and service waiting times. To take responsibility for informing the Outpatient Managers and Service Manager of any concerns you have regarding workload or timescales to complete your work. Follow all relevant department standard operating procedures on all functions and tasks relating to this role. Provide cover for colleagues by being flexible to work in other outpatient departments and locations. To take responsibility for all new staff, to include induction, training and competency development of role. Participate in audits by implementing, monitoring and collating data as required by the Outpatients management team. Monitor staff adherence to Trust and departmental policies, procedures and mandatory training, identifying any training needs and implement solutions or corrective actions, keeping Outpatient Managers aware at all times. Responsible for training colleagues in outpatient processes and procedure including developing updating and implementing task specific standard operating procedures. Regular monitoring of the teams performance against key performance indicators ensuring that under performance is managed in accordance with Trust staff management policies. Regular monitoring of quality of customer care, ensuring high standards are delivered and maintained at all times and patient enquiries are dealt with efficiently, professionally and appropriately. Responsible for the fair distribution of administrative work, ensuring that all staff are flexible in their areas of work. Responsible for producing the administrative team rotas/timetables, ensuring there is sufficient cover for all key tasks. Responsible for providing cover for absent colleagues during periods of leave or sickness including the management of annual leave requests in conjunction with the Outpatient Managers. First line management responsibility for outpatient booking staff, carrying out regular one to ones, team meetings, sickness and performance monitoring and workload reviews.