This is an extremely exciting and varied role as a key administrator within our Pre-Operative Assessment Unit. The position involves managing the flow of patients through correct booking procedures and providing support to our anaesthetic and nursing staff, allowing them to provide quality care to patients prior to their surgery.
If you are someone with a keen eye for detail, a positive attitude, and are able to act on your own initiative, we would welcome your application to join our passionate and friendly team.
Main duties of the job
* To act as a co-ordinator and provide administrative support to the pre-op team to support the pre-op pathways.
* The post holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary teams (including nursing and anaesthetic teams) to ensure pathways for pre-op assessments are effective, timely, and in line with agreed targets.
* To assist in the site-specific data collection processes, pre-op assessment pathway waiting times, and national pre-op data sets and input on various information systems.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster, and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward-looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job responsibilities
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
* Good general education, GCSE in English and Maths or equivalent.
* Evidence of good written English.
* NVQ 3 in administration or healthcare sciences or equivalent experience.
* ECDL.
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
* Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
* Use of electronic booking systems.
* Knowledge of medical terminology.
* Proven organisational skills.
* Previous experience of NHS ICT systems (CRIS, Maxims, Integra).
Experience
* Working as an administrator within the NHS.
* Knowledge of pre-op assessment.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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