Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Patient Pathway Co-ordinator

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Job summary

We are currently recruiting for an Patient Pathway Co-ordinator to assist the Service Manager and Operations Manager with achieving and sustaining key performance targets.

You will have a proven ability to exercise tact and diplomacy and it is preferable that you have recent previous experience within a comparable role.

Main duties of the job

To provide practical support and advice in addressing day to day issues and problems within the directorate.To line manage members of the administration teams they work with, providing them with strong and clear leadership to ensure they are working effectively, efficiently and productively.To work in conjunction with the directorate bookings and administrative teams.To provide a comprehensive service to the Consultants and their team, ensuring Trust standards are adhered to in relation to all documentation and data entry concerning patient appointments and treatment.

To lead on the development of competencies, protocols and procedures to ensure a highly efficient and smooth running services, ensuring appropriate documentation, standard setting, monitoring and communication systems are in place.Responsible for monitoring, managing and reporting on leave in line with Trust systems and procedures.

To performance manage staff where appropriate.

Undertake and lead on recruitment and selection of new staff in line with Trust systems and policy.

To be responsible for ensuring that staff comply with all Trust policies and procedures

To work with the team to help them develop an understanding of the Directorate administrative function and roles within the team which will enable cross cover as required.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

Details

Date posted

22 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,827 to £36,310 a year per annum incl HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-JLM241

Job locations

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for a comprehensive list of role specific duties and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for a comprehensive list of role specific duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • First degree or equivalent relevant experience

Desirable

  • Management qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a customer care environment
  • Track record of successful working within a team with different roles
  • Two years' experience of working in an NHS acute hospital setting

Desirable

  • Conversant with hospital information systems

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to manage a team
  • Ability to negotiate at all levels and work in partnership with all relevant stakeholders
  • Excellent communication skills - both verbal, presentation and written
  • Good interpersonal, oral and written skills including chairing meetings and writing reports
  • Ability to prioritise and manage workload efficiently with minimal supervision

Desirable

  • Highly developed analytical skills and competency in interpreting complex data
  • Knowledge of medical terminology

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of data protection and issues around patient confidentiality
  • Knowledge of NHS patient administration systems
  • Knowledge of NHS Access targets
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • First degree or equivalent relevant experience

Desirable

  • Management qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a customer care environment
  • Track record of successful working within a team with different roles
  • Two years' experience of working in an NHS acute hospital setting

Desirable

  • Conversant with hospital information systems

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to manage a team
  • Ability to negotiate at all levels and work in partnership with all relevant stakeholders
  • Excellent communication skills - both verbal, presentation and written
  • Good interpersonal, oral and written skills including chairing meetings and writing reports
  • Ability to prioritise and manage workload efficiently with minimal supervision

Desirable

  • Highly developed analytical skills and competency in interpreting complex data
  • Knowledge of medical terminology

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of data protection and issues around patient confidentiality
  • Knowledge of NHS patient administration systems
  • Knowledge of NHS Access targets

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

kathleen Girard

kathleen.girard@nhs.net

077920829425

Details

Date posted

22 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,827 to £36,310 a year per annum incl HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-JLM241

Job locations

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ


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