Job summary ?We are appointing a 1 year fixed (Maternity cover) Patient Pathway Administrator within the Neurosurgery Department.?
We are seeking to appoint a Pathway Administrator to join our friendly team in the Neurosurgery Administration department at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
The post involves dealing with telephone queries, dealing with face to face queries, ensuring the smooth running of the department, monitoring the patient pathway and providing full administrative support to Consultants and their teams.
Training and support will be given by the team.
Main duties of the job PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY****** We are looking for a self-motivated, enthusiastic individual to join us as a Patient Pathway Administrator working in the Neurosurgery team across at the JR.
This post is crucial to the on-going development of the service and would suit a candidate who has excellent organisational and communication will be expected to liaise with staff and colleagues at all levels.
You will have proven secretarial skills with the ability to prioritise and manage your own workload to tight deadlines.
You will need to demonstrate initiative and flexibility in your approach and be able to work in a pressurised and busy environment.
About us Working for your organisation Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country.
It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
Find out more The Trust comprises of four hospitals - theJohn Radcliffe Hospital,Churchill HospitalandNuffield Orthopaedic Centrein Headington and theHorton General Hospitalin Banbury.
COVID-19 Vaccination Update:There has been a national announcement that COVID-19 vaccinations will be mandatory for all patient-facing staff from 1 April 2022.
This role could be affected by this, we therefore urge all applicants to consider this before applying.
Patient-facing staff who have not had both vaccinations by 1 April 2022 will not be able to continue in their role Job description Job responsibilities KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS1.
Designated point of contact for the consultants and clinic teams.
To have an overview of all workflows in the admin team and to be responsible for consistency across the service.
To make surerobust processes are in place to provide an excellent cohesive service to both patients and To work closely with each member of the admin team to understand their role and support them.
Coordinate cover in times of leave and sick to ensure service continuity.
To escalate potential issues to the Assistant Service To deal proactively and efficiently with telephone enquiries from patients, carers, GPs and other service users professionally, ensuring, possible, that the callers needs are met or they aretransferred to the most appropriate To understand the patient pathway and be responsible for managing New & follow up appointments and any other administration to ensure that patients are tracked effectivelythrough their 18-week To actively manage and maintain the 18 week RTT pathway by completing monthly validation and monitoring the outpatient & inpatient To oversee the booking of clinic appointments for new patients through the ERS directly bookable system, and liaise effectively with the Assistant Service Manager with regardsto capacity To manage all correspondence, and to ensure that urgent matters are dealt with properly.
Taking appropriate action and ensuring that any paperwork is scanned promptly onto the patients electronicnotes and forwarded to the appropriate person electronically so they can respond accordingly.
Deal with outgoing mail with due care and attention to patient To oversee the transcription of clinic letters, general correspondence, reports, etc.
ensuring that all clinic letters are checked, any errors rectified, and dispatched within identified To ensure that all patient referrals received into the department are dealt with according to Trust processes, efficiently and effectively in a timely manner; that all details are registered and the referral letters are scanned promptly into the patients electronic To regularly check future clinics, ensuring cover is agreed with the medical team, and under or overbooking issues are proactively dealt To obtain the necessary diagnostic tests/hospital notes needed for clinics, as To understand the complaints procedure and use initiative to resolve complaints from patients and other individuals as far as possible.
Be able to understand when to escalate concerns and facilitate formal response by To liaise as necessary with the Assistant Service Manager to ensure effective clinic management, when clinics need to be cancelled or closed, patients need to be informed of changesand new appointments provided to Any other duties as from time to time as requested by the Assistant Service Manager.
Person Specification Education and Qualifications Essential oAdministrative experience oCompetence in use of various computer software packages Desirable oMedical Terminology oEPR trained (Training available) Experience and Skills Essential oPrevious experience within an administrative role Desirable oPrevious NHS experience oKnowledge of RTT 18 week pathways Specific Aptitude and Abilitie Essential oStrong Computer Skills oAbility to work as part of a team Desirable oFamiliarity with NHS performance targets Interpersonal Skills/ Communic Essential oEvidence of interacting with a wide range of people