# AMD Co-ordinator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/amd-co-ordinator/10c16772-08bf-41b3-81a0-88783739267c
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/amd-co-ordinator/10c16772-08bf-41b3-81a0-88783739267c.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** Prescot
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (maternity cover)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-12T08:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-05T10:52:19.102Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/St_Helens/Mersey_West_Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Administration/Administration-v7856525
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7856525?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sthk.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Fixed term (maternity cover until return date)

To co-ordinate the Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) service including management of new referrals and follow up appointments ensuring the capture of data for audit and Patient Related Outcome Measurements (PROM’s)

Responsible for ensuring optimum use of clinic and injection lists, escalating when capacity is required.

Please note the job description and person specification are subject to change as per AfC review.

### Main duties of the job

- Responsible for overseeing the AMD appointment system scheduling new and follow up assessment and treatment appointments, managing the case load and ensuring patients are informed of their appointment and other relevant information.
- Be the point of contact for patients, consultants, nursing staff and managerial staff in regard to the AMD service
- Identify capacity and demand issues and ensure clinical and managerial colleagues are aware and action.
- Request any changes as required for letters, clinic, theatres and consultants via Pas Admin
- Responsible for the co-ordination of the treatment rooms / theatre availability for injections
- Ensure the treatment plan on Medisight coincides with the information the AMD co-ordinator has received and highlight any conflicting information to the clinicians
- Establish and maintain effective communication with the hospital pharmacy over pharmaceutical supplies.
- Undertake project planning / audits to ensure AMD service needs and targets are met.
- To monitor, collect, collate, evaluate and report progress of AMD service.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Advertising Date: 5th June 2026

Closing Date: 12th June 2026

Shortlisting Date: 12th June 2026

Proposed Interview date: 18th June 2026

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applications is reached.

## Job Details

Fixed term (maternity cover until return date)

To co-ordinate the Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) service including management of new referrals and follow up appointments ensuring the capture of data for audit and Patient Related Outcome Measurements (PROM’s)

Responsible for ensuring optimum use of clinic and injection lists, escalating when capacity is required.

Please note the job description and person specification are subject to change as per AfC review.

## Job Description

Responsible for overseeing the AMD appointment system scheduling new and follow up assessment and treatment appointments, managing the case load and ensuring patients are informed of their appointment and other relevant information.

Be the point of contact for patients, consultants, nursing staff and managerial staff in regard to the AMD service

Identify capacity and demand issues and ensure clinical and managerial colleagues are aware and action.

Request any changes as required for letters, clinic, theatres and consultants via Pas Admin

Responsible for the co-ordination of the treatment rooms / theatre availability for injections

Ensure the treatment plan on Medisight coincides with the information the AMD co-ordinator has received and highlight any conflicting information to the clinicians

Establish and maintain effective communication with the hospital pharmacy over pharmaceutical supplies.

Undertake project planning / audits to ensure AMD service needs and targets are met.

To monitor, collect, collate, evaluate and report progress of AMD service.

## Responsibilities

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Advertising Date: 5th June 2026

Closing Date: 12th June 2026

Shortlisting Date: 12th June 2026

Proposed Interview date: 18th June 2026

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applications is reached.

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Excellent team player
- Confident and sympathetic when dealing with patients/staff

**Desirable**

- Demonstrate an awareness of the importance of prompt timekeeping and good attendance at the workplace

### Skills

**Essential**

- Self-motivated and ability to work using own initiative with limited supervisions
- Able to use own initiative and respond to new challenges, knowing when to escalate.
- Ability to organise/manager/prioritise own work schedule
- Excellent communication and customer care skills
- Ability to accurately maintain computerised and manual documentation systems
- Ability to promote good working relationships amongst team and colleagues
- Ability to assist in the mentoring and training or new staff

**Desirable**

- Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
- Good understanding of Trust internal policies as appropriate

### Values

**Essential**

- We are kind
- We are open
- We are inclusive

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Excellent IT skills with knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office
- Previous experience of working within a clerical environment
- Able to deal with the public in person and via telephone

**Desirable**

- Previous NHS experience
- Knowledge of medical terminology

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Educated to GCSE level for English and Maths or equivalent experience
- NVQ in Business Administration or equivalent knowledge through formal training or experience
- Word processing skills

## Documents

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- [important information for candidates (pdf, 128.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=663)
- [helpful tips to complete your application form (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2901)

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