Diabetes Eiu

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the diabetes and endocrinology directorate.

We are looking for a highly motivated Endocrine Investigation Unit and Assistant Patient Pathway Coordinator, who will be providing administrative support to the Lead EIU Nurse and the Diabetes & Endocrinology team.

The post holder will be helping to coordinate all outpatient and inpatient admissions to the EIU via the St Georges computer systems 'Powerchart' and 'Access Management'.

They will also be validating the Day Case Waiting list and undertaking administrative duties including taking prescriptions to and from pharmacy, photocopying clinic letters and filing appropriately, pulling and tracking medical records in and out the unit for Day Case appointments, and organising meetings for EIU results.

The main duties of the job are as follows

• On a day to day basis manage one's own workload always be meticulous and well organised, prioritise work to ensure deadlines are met with minimum supervision.
• Be flexible with the workload and demands of the two teams.
• Be proficient in the use of iClip, EPR, and Powerchart, to have a high standard of Microsoft Office skills. Be on hand to help other colleagues.
• Take an active interest in the work undertaken within the EIU and Diabetes and Endocrine team. Keep up to date with the various tests undertaken in the EIU. Knowledge of these is important in order to deal with queries from other colleagues and patients and to have an understanding of the importance of the two teams.
• Maintain a good working knowledge of the patient pathways for patients coming in to the EIU
• Understand and demonstrate the difference between booking a patient a routine appointment on the outpatient list and that on the day case waitlist.

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

The main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.

St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, St Georges Hospital provides a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across south west London.

A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma.

Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.

Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.

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