Outpatient Booking Officer

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 30 April 2025

Job summary

? Join Our Team at King's Mill Hospital! ?

Are you a master of organization with a keen eye for detail? Are you ready for an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact in healthcare? Look no further! King's Mill Hospital is thrilled to announce an incredible opening for an Outpatient Booking Officer to join our dynamic team.

In this role, you'll be the linchpin of our outpatient services, ensuring smooth and efficient scheduling for our patients. If you're passionate about providing top-notch customer service and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

Your primary responsibilities will include:

- Booking and cancelling outpatient clinic appointments efficiently and effectively.

- Monitoring the timely sending of essential documents to patients and ensuring correct documentation is received.

- Facilitating appointments for patients discharged from IPT's ward discharges and ICR's.

- Maximising the utilisation of all clinic slots to ensure the best possible patient care.

- Collaborating closely with the BSU and esteemed consultants to ensure patients are booked in a timely manner.

- Regularly updating and maintaining mandatory training to ensure the highest quality of service delivery.

- Offering support to the team whenever necessary, fostering a collaborative and positive work environment.

-Registering ASI dummy referrals on Care flow, paying particular attention to RTT pathways

Main duties of the job

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Date posted

22 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7125106

Job locations

King's Mill Hopsital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached

Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and packages
  • Communication with different stakeholders at various levels
  • Evidence of team worker
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to prioritise
  • Show time management skills
  • Willingness to learn and adapt to changes

Desirable

  • Knowledge of 18 weeks pathway
  • Knowledge of Medway and NHS in general
  • ECDL
  • NVQ Level 2 Admin
  • Admin experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of education

Desirable

  • Evidence of personal development

Experience

Essential

  • Of outpatient services and outpatient booking processes
  • Extensive knowledge of Medway

Desirable

  • Customer care experience

Contractual

Essential

  • Ability to be flexible with working hours
  • Adherence to Trust and departmental
  • Policies and procedures
  • Ability to work in a confidential settings
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and packages
  • Communication with different stakeholders at various levels
  • Evidence of team worker
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to prioritise
  • Show time management skills
  • Willingness to learn and adapt to changes

Desirable

  • Knowledge of 18 weeks pathway
  • Knowledge of Medway and NHS in general
  • ECDL
  • NVQ Level 2 Admin
  • Admin experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of education

Desirable

  • Evidence of personal development

Experience

Essential

  • Of outpatient services and outpatient booking processes
  • Extensive knowledge of Medway

Desirable

  • Customer care experience

Contractual

Essential

  • Ability to be flexible with working hours
  • Adherence to Trust and departmental
  • Policies and procedures
  • Ability to work in a confidential settings

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

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hopsital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hopsital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Outpatient Booking Manager

Teresa Ilyk

t.ilyk@nhs.net

07786174242

Date posted

22 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7125106

Job locations

King's Mill Hopsital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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