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Estimate Administrator
| Posting date: | 27 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,486.00 to £31,089.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £29486.00 - £31089.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 January 2025 |
| Location: | London, WC1N 3JH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9271-25-0087 |
Summary
To create cost estimates for self-funding patients and non-contract sponsoring bodies, giving them an approximate cost of an admission. To authorise inpatient admissions by liaising with private medical insurers, embassies, self-funding patients and other healthcare sponsors. To coordinate inpatient care authorisation, including extending treatment approval with embassies & insurers, seeking private referrals for other hospital specialties, re-estimating costs for unexpected complications in a patients care and maintaining strong lines of communication between healthcare sponsors and consultants. To seek approval for outstanding authorisations, including HDU/ICU bed requirements and emergency admissions. To liaise with medical secretaries to ensure that all treatment is authorised and that parents may be aware of any shortfalls between what is authorised by a medical insurer/sponsor, and what may be required by a consultant. To collaborate with the bookings team to keep track of emergency transfers/admissions and inform any consultants and their secretaries of unexpected impediments in getting treatment authorised. To work closely with the outpatient authorisation team to make sure that patients are being authorised on the right pathway when they are admitted or discharged. To escalate in a timely and accurate fashion any challenges encountered when preparing high value estimates to the Team Leader / Finance Services Manager. To work with and assist in developing good working practices and procedures across the department to meet Trust and Directorate initiatives. To maintain Trust agreed standards of data in relation to patient confidentiality and legislation. To ensure maintenance of good relationships, communications, and teamwork with all disciplines within the department and other departments of the hospital always maintaining confidentiality. To demonstrate an insight into own development, contributing to the process of identifying own educational and training needs in conjunction with line manager and the development of personal development plan. To provide cover in periods of colleagues absence. To prepare invoices in the state of pending, collating all required supporting documentation before releasing the invoices to the Embassies for payment. To undertake any other reasonable tasks required of the post holder by the Team Leader. To ensure that polices relevant to the role are implemented and suggest changes or improvement to processes and procedures within the team.General Duties To maintain effective working relationships with other staff members, both within I&PC, other departments, and with external agencies. This will include working with embassies and private insurers. To act as part of the team of administrative and clerical staff within the division, providing cover to other members of the team when necessary and directed to do so by the Head of Finance Operations. To respect the confidentiality of patient data and not to disclose data to any unauthorised persons. To undertake other appropriate duties as directed by the Head of Finance Operations.