Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Outpatient Booking Officer

The closing date is 25 June 2025

Job summary

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

Fixed Term Opportunity - 9 months - 26 Hours, 20 Hours, 30 Hours.

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

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Details

Date posted

12 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7214080

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

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

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)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Outpatient Booking Support Officer

Amy Scrimshaw

amyscrimshaw@nhs.net

07353159564

Details

Date posted

12 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7214080

Job locations

King's Mill Hopsital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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