Assistant Patient Pathway Administrator

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join our administrative team within the Ophthalmology Directorate. You will need to be a good team player, highly organised and possess good interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities include making appointments, dealing with queries from patients and liaising with the wider administrative team as well as clinicians. Whilst some NHS experience is an advantage, full training will be given.

Main duties of the job

Patient administration underpins the patient journey and supports clinical teams in delivering high quality patient care and can make a real difference to the patient experience. Effective and efficient patient administration supports management through ensuring a high standard of data quality and by making the best use of capacity and resources.

The post holder is required to assist in the provision of a professional, comprehensive and efficient administrative service, which is effectively delivered to all patients and members of the Department. This will be through supporting the Patient Pathway Administrators in the delivery of a comprehensive administrative service to a specialty team. This will involve appointment scheduling, in accordance with the Elective Access Policy, communicating appointment related information to patients and carers and supporting with wider admin processes as appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are seeking to appoint a part time assistant patient pathway administrator to join our friendly team within Ophthalmology. The post will be based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in the West Wing.

This post is crucial to the on-going development of the Ophthalmology service and would suit a candidate who has excellent organisational and communication skills. You will be expected to liaise with staff and colleagues at all levels. You will have proven administration skills with the ability to prioritise and manage your own workload to tight deadlines. You will need to demonstrate initiative and flexibility in your approach and be able to work in a pressurised and busy environment. The successful candidate will also manage each patient’s pathway in a timely and efficient manner.

Knowledge of the Trust's Electronic Patient Record System (EPR) and knowledge of elective access standards would be an advantage but not essential as training will be given.

This position requires the demonstration of strong organisational skills and the ability to work on your own initiative as well as being a team member. If you are self-motivated, enthusiastic and keen to join our team then we would encourage you to apply.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.