Medical Day Care Unit Administrator

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust as a Administer in Medical day care unit

The main responsibility is to co-ordinate patients elective admissions.

We are looking for a committed, willing to learn, dedicated person with close attention to detail.

Main duties of the job

• Responsibility for the coordination and booking of patients attending the Medical Day Unit (MDU), ensuring appointments, treatments, and procedures are scheduled efficiently and in line with clinical requirements.
• Responsibility for daily liaison with consultants, specialist nurses, administrative teams, and operational colleagues across sites to ensure patient activity is planned effectively, clinic and treatment capacity is maximised, and patient pathways are managed in a timely manner.
• Be responsible for monitoring and maintaining MDU patient activity data, waiting lists, and referral pathways to support timely access to treatment. Work closely with clinical and operational teams to ensure patients are managed in accordance with Trust policies, service standards, and performance targets, facilitating effective tracking of patient pathways from referral to treatment.
• Responsible for booking appointments, investigations, treatment sessions, and any associated pre-treatment assessments in a timely manner, adjusting schedules as required in response to clinical outcomes, patient availability, or service demands.
• . Ensure appropriate transport arrangements are coordinated for patients where required to support safe and effective attendance at the Medical Day Unit.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibilities for this vacancy, please access the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.

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.