Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Appointments Administrator

The closing date is 16 July 2025

Job summary

To provide a high quality Administration service to the Out-patients department. To serve and support all patient attending for an outpatient appointment.

Main duties of the job

  • Arriving and booking of patient's appointments for their outpatient attendance at various locations around the Trust including offsite and that all patients personal data is correct on all systems that we manage.
  • Ensuring outcomes, procedure coding and DNA and managed correctly and proactively as per policy.
  • Workload is prioritised by the team leads and tasks are directed accordingly to staff in order to meet needs of the outpatient's service
  • Ensure clinics are set up with the record and the clinic slip or any other correspondence needed for the clinic. Missing records a history sheet and labels will be provided.
  • Emails to be monitored and responses for requests of extra clinics are to be highlighted to a senior nurses.
  • Ensuring photocopying is readily available and monitored to reduce waste.
  • Ensuring Fu appointments are booked correctly selecting the right media type.
  • Ensuring when directed, patients' are placed on a PIFU pathway and into Partial Booking.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre, Washington and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

297-7036348

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Sheriff Hill

Gateshead

NE9 6SX


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Arriving and booking of patients appointments for their outpatient attendance at various locations around the Trust including offsite and that all patients personal data is correct on all systems that we manage.
  • Ensuring outcomes, procedure coding and DNA and managed correctly and proactively as per policy.
  • Workload is prioritised by the team leads and tasks are directed accordingly to staff in order to meet needs of the outpatients service
  • Ensure clinics are set up with the record and the clinic slip or any other correspondence needed for the clinic. Missing records a history sheet and labels will be provided.
  • Emails to be monitored and responses for requests of extra clinics are to be highlighted to a senior nurses.
  • Ensuring photocopying is readily available and monitored to reduce waste.
  • Ensuring Fu appointments are booked correctly selecting the right media type.
  • Ensuring when directed, patients' are placed on a PIFU pathway and Partial Booking

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Arriving and booking of patients appointments for their outpatient attendance at various locations around the Trust including offsite and that all patients personal data is correct on all systems that we manage.
  • Ensuring outcomes, procedure coding and DNA and managed correctly and proactively as per policy.
  • Workload is prioritised by the team leads and tasks are directed accordingly to staff in order to meet needs of the outpatients service
  • Ensure clinics are set up with the record and the clinic slip or any other correspondence needed for the clinic. Missing records a history sheet and labels will be provided.
  • Emails to be monitored and responses for requests of extra clinics are to be highlighted to a senior nurses.
  • Ensuring photocopying is readily available and monitored to reduce waste.
  • Ensuring Fu appointments are booked correctly selecting the right media type.
  • Ensuring when directed, patients' are placed on a PIFU pathway and Partial Booking

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • o Administrative Experience
  • oGood level of education 3 GCSE's grade A-C or equivalent NVQ
  • oExperience of appointment systems
  • oExperience of using a computer to input and retrieve information

Desirable

  • careflow Knowledege
  • NVQ Level 3
  • Experience of working in an caring role/ hospital setting

Essential

Essential

  • oExcellent organisational skills with attention to detail

Desirable

  • oAn understanding of confidentiality within an NHS environment
Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • o Administrative Experience
  • oGood level of education 3 GCSE's grade A-C or equivalent NVQ
  • oExperience of appointment systems
  • oExperience of using a computer to input and retrieve information

Desirable

  • careflow Knowledege
  • NVQ Level 3
  • Experience of working in an caring role/ hospital setting

Essential

Essential

  • oExcellent organisational skills with attention to detail

Desirable

  • oAn understanding of confidentiality within an NHS environment

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Sheriff Hill

Gateshead

NE9 6SX


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Sheriff Hill

Gateshead

NE9 6SX


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Manager

Sharon Makepeace

sharon.makepeace@nhs.net

01914452743

Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

297-7036348

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Sheriff Hill

Gateshead

NE9 6SX


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