We are an award winning organisation providing care at two main hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—and a number of community-based services across London, such as sexual health and HIV clinics.
With 6,700 members of staff, we are proud to care for a diverse population of one million people. We are committed to ensuring that our workforce is just as diverse with a strong mix of skills and abilities.
Our staff are at the very heart of our organisation and we recognise the valuable contribution that each and every person working at the Trust makes. One of our Trust priorities is to be an employer of choice—a place where people want to start their career and to grow with us through continued education, professional development and support.
Main area Diagnostics - WM Endoscopy Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9.00am to 17.00pm) Job ref 289-CSS-1767-A
Site West Middlesex University Hospital Town Isleworth Salary £31,081 - £33,665 per annum incl. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 15/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
West Middlesex University Hospital 9am - 5pm
*PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY*
This is an exciting opportunity to become the Senior Administrator providing a fully comprehensive administration service to the high performing Clinical Support Directorate.
The post will be working in a fast paced environment, which requires a calm but proactive approach with the ability to multi-task whilst being thorough, this will involve administering, liaising and acting in an efficient, effective and high quality manner.
The post holder will also be responsible for the coordination of their workload to meet the demands of senior leaders of the Division and where appropriate for ensuring necessary follow up action and deadlines are met. Attention to detail is paramount in this post as is the ability to prioritise workload, previous experience in administration is essential to this post.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will play a key role in the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service to patients. They will ensure that streamlined administrative processes are implemented and followed which are focused on the patient and their individual needs.
The Senior Patient Administrator will provide effective and efficient administrative support to a team and will act as a focal point of communication between patients, doctors and other healthcare professionals. A senior member of the team, the staff member will act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work, consistently demonstrating the highest standards of professionalism and customer service.
Working for our organisation
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We are committed to equal opportunities and believe that diversity drives innovation and excellence. As part of our dedication to equity, we actively welcome applications from individuals from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities. We value the unique perspectives and experiences that diverse teams bring and are committed to creating an environment where all voices are heard, respected, and empowered to succeed.
If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful.
Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Assist the Team Leader in all aspects of staff management of all Patient Administrators and Assistant Patient Administrators, including assisting with prioritising of workload, day to day support, supervision, sickness, performance and appraisal and ensuring mandatory and statutory training targets are achieved.
* Support the Team Leader in maximising the best use of clinical and non-clinical resources.
* Ensure that all enquiries are dealt with in a timely, polite, professional and confidential manner, taking action or escalating as appropriate, using initiative and prioritising skills.
* Proactively manage patient pathways so that all patients receive a high standard of service delivery.
* Use initiative when dealing with patients’ problems or when dealing with managers and consultants who may request patient information.
* Ensure all activity is cashed up in a timely manner using Trust’s Cerner/appropriate IT system including DNAs and discharges.
* Participate in new staff induction, demonstrates duties to new starters and providing close supervision.
* Develop of new members of the team through training and supervision.
* Adhere to trust-wide standard operating procedures and policies developed for clinical administrative processes and participate in their development.
* Suggest improvements to systems, with ways of measuring effectiveness of any changes made.
* Support the Team Leader in overseeing reception services ensuring adequate cover at all times and that patients receive an appropriate and welcoming service.
* Ensure patient demographic details are updated on the Cerner.
* Collect and use data to measure performance of department against objectives.
* Assist all members of staff and patients with the uptake of new technologies, and where required become a ‘user champion’ to embed learning.
* Assist in sourcing specialist equipment as appropriate.
* Flag up and report overseas visitors for payment.
* Retrieve and validate missing NHS numbers card and investigate errors.
* Participate in regular team meetings and other relevant meetings e.g. Patient Access, DM01.
* Assist in the maintenance of stationery stock.
* Organise and prioritise workload with minimal supervision.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* English and Mathematics GCSE or equivalent.
* Educated to A level, NVQ Level 3 in Business and Administration or equivalent experience.
* Qualification in Management such as First Line Managers up to certificate level.
Experience
* Experience of working in a team.
* Communicating with members of the public.
* Demonstrable experience of working in an administrative role in a busy office environment.
* Experience of working with management and the general public.
* Experience of working with a wide range of people.
* Working in NHS or other similar health care environment.
* Demonstrable experience of working within customer-driven service and working to strict targets.
* Proven experience of dealing with complex telephone calls.
Skills and knowledge
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
* Able to explain procedures and policy to other staff.
* Willing to learn new systems.
* Ability to prioritise workload effectively and meet competing demands.
* Competent working knowledge of windows based computer systems.
* To have a flexible approach to work and be able to use own initiative.
* Familiarity with written communications.
* Knowledge of filing systems and ability to file accurately and pay attention to detail.
Important
* The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
* Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
* If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
* In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
* During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
* Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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