Patient Pathway Officer

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom North Middlesex University Hospital Full time

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic candidate to the role of Patient Pathway Officer within the General Surgery Secretaries to support the Breast department. 

Main duties of the job

1. To acquire a good knowledge of the trusts recording processes, developing skills required to amend inaccurate data on the hospitals internal systems.

2. The post holder will be responsible for communicating with patients and their relatives regarding their appointments and admissions details both verbally and in writing.

3. To assist in capacity and demand exercises to identify constraints and areas for improvement.

4. To assist in the validation and performance management of PTL monitoring, ensuring booking, data recording, clinic and elective admissions outcomes of the patient pathways are proactively managed in order to achieve 18-week targets.

5. Be responsible to the Service Support Manager for providing a user focused administrative service to the General Surgery Team.

6. Ensure effective tracking of patients along the care pathway and monitoring of the waiting time targets.

7. Provide cross cover within the team as and when required.

8. Work flexible hours as required by the needs of the service.

9. Ensure full compliance with the Trusts waiting list policy in line with the national 18-week target.

10. To implement and adhere to changes to the service as required.

Working for our organisation

The job holder will display the agreed behaviors of the Directorate and the Trust as encapsulated by the performance management and personal development documentation, and in particular, the Trust expects all staff to comply with all relevant policies and codes of conduct and to display the values of the Trust.

The key purpose of this role is to deliver a 'world class' service to the Trust and the job holder will be expected to deliver this level of service through personal conduct, personal responsibility and the following key characteristics.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and Person specification for more information on the role duties and requirements. 

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria

Educated to GCSE or equivalent Level 2 Literacy and Level 2 Numeracy Evidence of Maths and English certificates Good working knowledge of IT Microsoft Packages such as Outlook, Word, Excel and other relevant programmes

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of NHS software, policies and processes. Business Administration Level 2 qualification Microsoft Office IT qualification Working in an NHS Hospital

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Willingness to learn and committed to studies in order to achieve qualifications Ability to develop effective working relationships across the organization. Maintain a professional approach: Smart and presentable.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Team member with a flexible approach to work, willing to adapt to changing situations

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

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