# Minor Procedures Administrator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/minor-procedures-administrator/2370cb27-83ad-470d-984e-ea174a6509e5
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/minor-procedures-administrator/2370cb27-83ad-470d-984e-ea174a6509e5.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Bedford Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Administrator
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03T14:12:03.643Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bedfordshire/Bedford/Bedfordshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Plastic_Surgery/Plastic_Surgery-v8272134
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8272134?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.ldh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The post holder will be working in a busy department at Bedford hospital. They will be part of a team who provide the administration of the patient pathway. We provide a wide range of services for skin cancer, emergency trauma, elective surgery and laser treatments.

As part of a team, the post holder will be booking patients for their procedures including both in main theatre and minor surgery lists.

### Main duties of the job

- To book and manage patient procedures (both inpatient and outpatient) adhering to national and local guidelines.
- Monitor and manage follow‑up and treatment waiting lists to ensure timely progression through the patient pathway.
- Provide a customer focused service dealing with all patients or visitors in an efficient, polite and courteous manner
- Handle queries from patients/relatives confidentially and sensitively; referring clinical-related queries to appropriate staff
- Support the booking of Cancer, 2 week wait (2WW) patients as appropriate and within Trust pathway guidance.
- Be aware of the targets in the NHS plan and how actions taken in everyday procedures affect these targets
- To be aware of 18 week RTT guidance and speciality pathways, and support with data validation where required.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Plastic and Laser Surgery Administrator Job Description and Person Specification on the advert for more information.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- - Open/Reflective/Warm
- - Enthusiastic and self-aware
- - Team focussed
- - Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- - Knowledge of patient confidentiality

**Desirable**

- - Knowledge of NHS IT programmes

### Experience

**Essential**

- - Knowledge and proven experience of record systems/data bases
- - Previous NHS experience
- - Experience in working within a confidential environment

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- - GCSE mathematics and English (or equivalent)
- - EDCL or equivalent experience

### Personal Skills

**Essential**

- - Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- - Ability to adapt in an ever changing environment
- - Advance keyboard skills

**Desirable**

- - Proven ability to multi-task

## Documents

- [staff benefits (png, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2879)
- [job description (pdf, 232.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10587425)
- [person specification (pdf, 144.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10587426)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 136.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10587427)
- [staff diversity network (pdf, 140.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2866)
- [information for disabled applicants (pdf, 98.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2870)
- [disclosure & barring information and recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 78.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1456)

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