# Assistant Patient Pathway Coordinator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-patient-pathway-coordinator/d9cd4acc-2a80-4585-af87-04079afdeff3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-patient-pathway-coordinator/d9cd4acc-2a80-4585-af87-04079afdeff3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Kingston Upon Thames - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £30,630 - £32,346 pa pro-rata incl HCAS (outer london) - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment possible as well as role to be made permanent at end of contract with further recruitment.) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-07T14:03:21.357Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Kingston_upon_Thames/Kingston_Richmond_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Urology_Service/Urology_Service-v8092338 - **Employer website:** https://www.kingstonhospital.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post holder will be the point of contact for all administrative issues relating to patients’ pathway of care. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will provide support in the proactive management of the patient pathway from referral to discharge, ensuring the entire pathway is managed smoothly. The post holder will ensure high levels of patient and clinician satisfaction by being an accessible, customer focussed and knowledgeable point of contact. To provide a consistent approach across the Trust, using Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) to ensure that functions of the role are carried out correctly within given timescales. ### Main duties of the job - Process and log all referrals in line with Trust Access Policy and specialty SOP. - Schedule new and follow up appointments with the most appropriate clinician, ensuring that capacity is proactively and efficiently used, escalating issues as required to the line manager. - Ensure that any diagnostics and investigations that are required as part of the patient pathway have been requested, including those carried out at other Trusts. - Assist in the co-ordination of appointments and procedures at other hospitals and organisations, where required. - Ensure clinic outcomes are recorded accurately on Trust Electronic patient record system (CRS), including those for offsite clinics. - Under supervision, complete clinic cancellation forms and process according to SOP. - Reschedule outpatient clinics as requested by line manager, in line with waiting time targets - Use the Trust’s medical transcription system and ensure that letters are processed in accordance with SOP - Liaise with patient records staff, ward clerks and other organisations to ensure all medical notes, referral letters, results and discharge summaries are available for outpatient appointments and consultations, delegating work to other members of the team - Support in recognising when patients are on cancer pathways and, liaise with Cancer Services MDT co-ordinators to ensure patients are handed over appropriately. Continued on attached JD... ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ***Please see the attached supporting document/s (JD) which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification*** NB: ensure any supporting statements align with the job description and person specification, as your application will be assessed against these criteria. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team - Ability to use own judgement to resolve problems and queries competently, including those of a sensitive and confidential nature **Desirable** - Experience of working in the NHS or healthcare setting - Experience of scheduling outpatient appointments and/or admissions ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to A-level, or NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration/Customer Care or acquired equivalent experience - GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths, grades A-C **Desirable** - Computer Literacy Course e.g. ECDL ## Documents - [onboarding roadmap (pdf, 440.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3006) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2412) - [patient pathway coordinator (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10385712) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.