Inpatient Deputy Booking Manager

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Leadership Team within the Central Booking department at Salisbury Foundation Trust, as a band 5 Inpatient Deputy Manager.

The successful candidate will join the team to provide a friendly and organised booking experience for our patients, working alongside the main booking team to ensure the safe and appropriate booking of theatres and endoscopy lists.

The department is a busy but friendly department and has a strong team environment, with staff needing to cross cover and support each other.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will need to be experienced in, or be willing to learn how to use multiple IT systems including Theatreman and Lorenzo and have a good understanding of patient pathways and referral processes.

We are looking for evidence of strong leadership skills, team working as well as the ability to work independently. The organisational skills to work in a busy team environment, whilst prioritising workload and working to deadline, recent line management and leadership experience is essential.

The candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience in patient/customer contact.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk