Lung Cancer/thoracic Waiting List Booking

7 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We have an exciting opportunity to join our busy Lung cancer/Thoracic Surgery waiting list team are looking for 2 Full time permanent scheduler's - Wythenshawe Hospital.

The successful applicant will need to have a keen eye for detail, work well under stress and be able to adapt to an ever-changing priority workload. The role is fast-paced and excellent organisational skills are essential. You must be confident and work well on your own and also alongside our friendly, hard-working and fun team. We offer a rewarding role that includes challenge, feeling part of a team, purpose, and value. You will be supported by a strong management structure, receive yearly appraisals and training opportunities with the encouragement and support for ongoing development.

The post holder will be responsible for providing an efficient and high quality service to support the waiting list team in the management of booking and scheduling waiting lists, ensuring that key access standards are met in line with the requirements of the Trust access policy.

Responsible for providing efficient and high quality administrative support.

Ensuring patients have all the relevant pre-admission tests and checks.

Liaising with consultants with regards to case-mix, additions to lists and list changes. Responsible for ensuring theatre lists/ Bronchoscopy clinics are constructed to maximise levels of utilisation. Also responsible for liaising with Theatre staff /Consultant/Nurses with regards to equipment and to report any capacity issues to a line manager

Responsible for ensuring theatre lists are constructed to maximise levels of utilisation

To attend weekly listings meetings as and when required

Agreeing pre-operative assessment appointments and admission dates with patients. Also to undertake to deal with patients who wish to change or cancel their appointments or admission date.
In addition to be responsible for ensuring all X-Rays / Histology are available in a timely manner for patients attending for preoperative assessment or having a telephone pre-operative assessment
and admission/ day case - X-Rays from other sites at the Trust,
whilst recording case note movements using the case note tracking system

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programs. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

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