Appointments Officer

4 weeks ago


Chester, United Kingdom Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**Working Full Time**: 37.5 hours per week.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to provide comprehensive Outpatient Appointment management service to The Countess of Chester Hospital, as directed by the Team Leaders.

Please read the Job description attached for information.

To be responsible for making new and review outpatient appointments ensuring current waiting times and administrative targets are achieved, and "NHS eReferral “policies are adhered to.

To ensure that all medical outpatient appointments are made within Trust procedures and guidelines.

To provide a high standard of customer service to all users of the service.

Key Responsibilities

Answering a high volume of incoming calls via the Appointments Hotline. Making appointments to appropriate clinics in line with the NHS "eReferral" programme, Consultants requests, departmental guidelines and the Trust's Access Policy.

To enter referrals on Meditech and log all details accurately within given time-scales.

To ensure the accuracy of data on the hospital information system (Meditech) and timely production of statistics and information relating to a patients appointment.

To be responsible for requesting and collecting case notes as necessary for short notice clinic appointments

To administer any changes relating to clinics ensuring current targets are still achieved and monitor clinic capacity using the hospital computer system ensuring all slots are utilised and clinics do not exceed prescribed numbers.

To send appointment details and relevant correspondence to patients.

To deal with enquiries from patients, wards, GP’s and other departments

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
**The Countess of Chester Hospital**: providing 438 general and acute beds

**Ellesmere Port Hospital**: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility

**Tarporley War Memorial Hospital**: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.


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