Operations Coordinator - Outpatients Department

Job overview

Do you want to be part of a new and exciting team, being involved in the Outpatients Department team across the Primary, Community, Dental Care Directorate?

We are looking for a Operations Coordinator to join our Outpatients department team on a secondment opportunity.

You should be innovative, enthusiastic and looking for a challenge with an eye on success. You will need to be a self starter and a great communicator and willing to input ideas and suggestions to help move the team forward. We would be looking for a candidate to work predominately in South Oxfordshire, but needing to travel to West and North Oxfordshire at times.

Due to the nature of the role, depending on whether your an external or internal candidate, will affect whether you are able to do secondment or fixed term.

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

Main duties of the job

• Be responsible for providing an efficient administrative/coordinating service to the Outpatient Department and the team across all community sites whilst being the first point of contact for all enquiries, including coordinating and leading the OPD administrative team.
• Liaise efficiently with the team administrators who support the department, whilst supporting with band 3 roles and responsibilities.
• Be a main contact and the channel of communication between users of the service, maintaining a professional but organised manner.
• Assist the Head of Operations and Operational Support Manager in the collection and collation of statistical information as required whilst adhering to strict deadlines.
• Exercise initiative to work unsupervised and establish relationships with service users and other agencies from both the public and private sectors.
• Improve, collate, analyse, and interpret data and information to support the Head of Operations and Operational Support Managers (OSMs).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

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.