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Location
Salary
£24,937 to £26,598 a year
Profession
Manager and corporate
Grade
Band 3
Deadline
27 Jan 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
09 Jan 2026

Job summary

Main duties of the job

  • To provide an excellent customer service to patients, relatives, carers, colleagues and external organisations
  • To work as a member of a flexible team, enabling and supporting patients through the choice pathway to book outpatient service & Emergency appointments according to NHS targets in a knowledgeable and courteous manner.
  • To confidentially receive and record accurately clinical information from GPs, Trusts etc at all times.
  • To work in a centralised Patient Access Centre and provide cross-cover for other staff across the Centre to ensure a consistent and effective administration service is always maintained.
  • Capacity & Demand Scheduling - identifying where extra clinics are needed to meet the outpatient waiting time targets and escalating appropriately.
  • Support the Patient Access Supervisor/Team Leader to deliver RTT and other National Targets.
  • To Escalate any changes to clinics received where patients may breach waiting times to appropriate divisions.

Job responsibilities

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.