Admissions Officer

We are recruiting for an TITLEwho wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.

Are you passionate about supporting quality patient care and would like to be part of a team that provides crucial administrative services to multiple clinical specialty teams, are you looking for a new challenge?

The admissions officer role is key to the delivery of the elective recovery programme, responsible for scheduling a range of surgery across our cancer, urgent and long waiting patient groups

We are recruiting a permanent full time position and aFTCfull time position for a period of 12 months.

Following a satisfactory probation period, you will have your own specialty area of responsibility, working closely with our clinical and non-clinical professional staff groups.

Full training will be given in order that you are fully competent in processes and work within national policy & local procedure guidelines.

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values areCompassion,Accountable,Respect andEveryone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.