Main area: Vascular Grade NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday. 7.5hrs each day working either 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm depending on service need.)
Job ref: 190-8779-DIR
Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northern General Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 12/02/2025
Waiting List Coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 4
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued, and appreciated. While you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff, including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Vascular Services for a professional Waiting List Coordinator to join our friendly and dynamic team, helping to provide a high quality and efficient admin service to our clinical teams.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and most successful healthcare employers in the UK. We offer fantastic opportunities for career progression, training, and development, ensuring that roles are both challenging and rewarding. You will be working for an organisation that values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves.
Main duties of the job
To actively assist the Directorate in the efficient and effective management of the inpatient waiting lists in line with both national and local standards, ensuring the workload is managed in a timely and accurate manner.
Person specification
Qualifications
* 5 GCSEs at grades A-C including English and Maths or equivalent qualifications / experience
* NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent office-based experience
Experience
* Experience of waiting list coordination
* Experience of managing patient waiting time targets including 18 week RTT and cancer wait times
* Experience of populating and coordinating a theatre list
* Experience of working with Doctors and other clinical staff
* An ability to work effectively with colleagues from a range of disciplines
* Experience of developing and supporting change to improve a service
* Determination and resilience in meeting objectives and deadlines
* Experience of booking outpatient and surgery admissions
* Clear understanding of NHS clinical and operational systems
* Outline knowledge of other departments that make up SYRS
* Understanding of relevant Trust Policies and ability to ensure compliance
Further Training
* Clear understanding of patient confidentiality
* Experience of Lorenzo
* IT Literacy with Microsoft office packages including Excel
* Good organisational skills
* Experience of working in a pressurised environment
* Ability to prioritise
* Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
* Knowledge of both national and local waiting time targets
* Demonstrate a tactful understanding when dealing with a variety of staff and situations
Other Factors
* Ability to remain calm under pressure.
* Experience of a busy office and working with professional staff
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
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