Job summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen in the Care Group for a Patient Pathway Supervisor in Paediatrics.
This is a permanent position, full-time hours working across both Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe Hospital.
The post holder will have responsibility for supporting patients through their clinical pathway to ensure prompt treatment, no unnecessary delay and confusion, and to enable a positive and reassuring care experience.
The postholder will ensure that every effort is taken to the improve quality of communication, and work proactively to improve access to information and response to enquiries for all patients who use the service.
Main duties of the job
To alert the service and respond to any impending capacity issues within the acute paediatric identify opportunities for additional clinical activity where activity is not available in line with consultant job plan. To review capacity and utilisation of all paediatric clinics.Working with rota coordinator to produce clinics data to ensure all clinical activity is being key functions of the post are ensuring high quality patient experience and assisting service development to maintain role requires close liaison with other managers and medical staff, and line management for the team of booking coordinators
About us
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
7. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
8. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
9. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
10. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
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Person Specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential
11. General education to 'A' level or equivalent
12. Knowledge of full range of administrative and organisational policies and procedures acquired through training or equivalent experience
Desirable
13. Referral to treatment training
EXPERIENCE
Essential
14. At least 1 year's NHS experience
15. Experience of managing 18 week patient pathway
16. Proven experience at supervisory level
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential
17. Excellent interpersonal skills
18. Leadership skills
19. Excellent verbal and written communications
20. Excellent IT skills: Outlook, Word, Microsoft Excel (spreadsheets)
21. Committed to self-development
22. Enthusiastic and positive with a "can do" approach
23. Interacts well with colleagues and other disciplines of staff
24. Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
25. Able to remain calm in a crisis and deal with sometimes distressing situations from both patients and staff.
Desirable
26. Experience using NHS databases; e-RS, Careflow
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential
27. Able to travel to other sites