Specialist Booking Clerk for Endoscopy | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 October 2025 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7478774/249-7281328-2 |
Summary
We are looking to recruit a Band 3 Booking Clerk to join our Endoscopy Team here at the Great Western Hospital.
The successful candidate will provide a patient centered and focused, accurate and efficient booking service for Endoscopy procedures, in line with Trust Values of working together to provide the best service whilst putting the patient first.
This requires a sound knowledge of the Endoscopy booking system and booking protocols with an in-depth knowledge of the procedures undertaken. Full training is given which will involve an induction period. Once trained a confident approach is expected in using your own judgement to prioritise requests in accordance with trust guidelines, and within national and regional targets.
• To ensure that all patients requiring appointments are booked appropriately communicate and negotiate with patients and relatives, on the telephone, in person and in writing, making certain that the procedure is booked with patient agreement.
• To take responsibility for prioritising incoming requests and ensuring that they are booked accurately and according to urgency, thus ensuring maximum utilisation of resources available. This will often involve on the spot decision making.
• To highlight any capacity and demand issues to the Endoscopy Booking Team Leader.
• To have a full understanding of the examination preparations ensuring the correct information and instructions are given to the patient concerning patient preparation prior to the procedure, special instructions regarding patient medication in defined patient groups.
Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
• Understand and interpret trust waiting list information, and utilise this to ensure that speciality lists are booked appropriately.
• To be able to deal appropriately with patient complaints and concerns as a frontline response.
• To deal with enquires from GP’s and other clinicians who require examination reports. To ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times when dealing with highly sensitive clinical details and reports, in accordance with the Trust’s Data Protection Policy.
• To monitor and update speciality wait list information as work progresses, and provide feedback to responsible manager.
• Understand and utilise a good working knowledge of national Referral to Treatment (RTT) rules and Cancer waiting times. Maintain knowledge of local and regional variations, including Interventions Not Normally Funded (INNF) and Independent Sector Treatment Centres (ISTC) transfer guidelines.
Please see the attached job description for full information
This advert closes on Friday 19 Sep 2025
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