Job Description
Job Title: Waiting List Administrator
Trust Location: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, then Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is the place for you.
About the Trust
We deliver district general services to 2.5m residents of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, and its surrounding communities. Our specialist services allow us to deliver care to 4.5m people from across the East Midlands and nationally for a handful of services. QMC is where our Emergency Department (ED), Major Trauma Centre and the Nottingham Children’s Hospital are based. It is also home to the University of Nottingham’s School of Nursing and Medical School. Nottingham City Hospital is our planned care site, where our cancer centre, heart centre and stroke services are based, and where some of our emergency admissions units are located. Ropewalk House is where we provide a range of outpatient services, including hearing services.
What you’ll be responsible for:
· Responsible for adding/removing patients to the NUH waiting list and coordinating their admission to hospital, using hospital IT systems e.g. Medway PAS
· Working to agreed protocols to negotiate patient admissions for day case procedures.
· Ensure all relevant patient information is recorded on the Trust’s IT systems and updated accordingly in line with Trust Access Policy and Procedures
· Act as the first point of contact within the Trust for patients who have enquiries regarding admission details and waiting list queries, either by email, phone or face to face.
· Ensure adherence to the Trust Waiting List Policy about National and Trust Targets for waiting times
· Provide non-clinical advice regarding hospital admission to patients seeking further advice from the Consultants or lead nurses as required
You’ll learn the following whilst working at the trust:
· An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS.
· Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times.
· A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation
You’ll have the following skills/experience:
· System knowledge – Careflow (desirable)
· Administration experience
· Excellent organisational skills
· Excellent communication skills
· Excellent telephone manner
· Microsoft Office package knowledge e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel
As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:
· Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
· Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
· Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
· Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
· Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
· Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more
· Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us
· Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours
Who are NHS Professionals?
We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.
As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.
Apply Today
By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.
Disclaimer
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Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Salary: £11.67 per hour
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 63466