Patient Pathway Coordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive role as aBand 4 Patient Pathway Coordinatorworking within theUrology Service in the Transplant, Renal and Urology Directorate.

New role within the team 2 and a half days to be spent with the Admissions Team. Supporting Multidiscipinary Meetings and Admissions Booking. 1 day to be working with the Functional Clinical Team supporting Data Base input.

For more information please do get in contact with Charlotte McNerney - contact details below,

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals - Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative of the Patient Pathway Coordinator role and its purpose within the service; they are not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake additional or alternative administrative and managerial duties and responsibilities commensurate with the level of the post, to support the smooth running of the department.
- Monitor and review patient care and/or treatment progress using the Patient Tracking List in line with Trust and local policies.
- Identify from the Tracking List the next steps in the patient care pathway in line with clinical need (peer review).
- Receive patient referrals and administer in line with timings and requirements as set out in Trust and National policies.
- Co-ordinate and provide administrative support to the relevant teams to ensure that all the relevant paperwork and clinical information is available.
- Update on all enquiries regarding patients’ care and/or treatment on a pathway from external Trusts and General Practitioners in a timely manner.
- Develop an understanding of the milestones of the allocated pathway for patients within a designated group.
- Plan and organise multi-disciplinary team meetings.
- Attend relevant meetings and complete actions regarding the care of patients within the designated pathway.
- Participate in national audits and collect data as required in relevant meetings, allowing the Trust to identify and improve treatment in patient cohorts.
- Identify and suggest improvements that can be made to the patient care pathway and/or the patient pathway tracking process.
- Monitor patients on their pathway and proactively find resolutions to improve the speed of treatment by working directly with clinicians and managers.
- Action day-to-day issues, ensuring resolution and escalating serious issues to management as appropriate.
- Escalate any issues and breaches of the Waiting Times standards to the relevant management in line with agreed escalation procedures.
- Ensure the timely and efficient transfer of patients and information between trusts/other organisations involved in the patient pathway, adhering to agreed communication pathways and protocols.
- Work within a multi-disciplinary team in developing the service in line with departmental plans and Trust corporate objectives.
- Ensure that all health records are appropriately tracked and securely stored whilst in the department according to Health Records Policy.