Inpatient Booker
6 months ago
The role of the Inpatient Booking Co-ordinator/Medical Secretary is to ensure inpatient booking and Medical Secretary duties are carried out in line with Trust Policy in full co-operation with the Clinical Administration Lead (CAL) and the Divisional Management Team, ensuring best practice is maintained at all times.
The post holder will be responsible for all additions, removals, amendments and validation of the Trust’s waiting lists within their respective Specialty
To provide cover for colleagues in a similar role.
To provide comprehensive secretarial and personal assistant support to the nominated consultants.
**Key areas of responsibility**:
Weekly monitoring of patients with ‘late’, ‘no’ or unconfirmed TCI.
Liaising with consultants and secretaries as to dates of treatment for patients
Same day cancellations - ensuring patients are re-booked within 28 days of cancellations or within RTT breach date (whichever is sooner).
Ensuring Pathway ID’s are attached to all inpatient episodes.
Monitor and action admissions to waiting list report in conjunction with the CAL.
Updating Radar
Transcribing Letters
Answering the phones
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
**PLEASE NOTE**: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
Identity Checks
Professional registration and qualification checks
Employment history and reference checks
Work health assessments
Criminal record check standards
Right to work checks
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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
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