# Patient Flow Co-ordinator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/patient-flow-co-ordinator/e3b3803e-1f19-4fc0-9e76-9b6628fa8354
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/patient-flow-co-ordinator/e3b3803e-1f19-4fc0-9e76-9b6628fa8354.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- **Location:** New Cross Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum (pro rata)
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-30T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19T12:20:47.263Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Wolverhampton/The_Royal_Wolverhampton_NHS_Trust/Administrative/Administrative-v8131105
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8131105?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you interested in a career in healthcare workflow management that allows you to make a real difference?

Radiology is a thriving, innovative, integral service. As a patient flow co-ordinator, you will assist the clinical teams in the CT, MRI, US & Plain Film departments to improve the patient journey.

Our department is going through an exciting period of positive change, and we are committed to growing our workforce to meet the expanding demands of the service. Candidates should have significant experience in an administrative position and be able to demonstrate some service set-up involvement and proficiency.

The standard roster will be 37.5h per week and will require flexibility to work across both the Cannock CDC site and the New Cross Radiology department . Shifts may include earlies, lates and weekends.

It is important that your application meets the minimum requirements of the person specification, as the Trust will shortlist against these details. Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification before making your application to ensure that your application demonstrates that you meet the minimum requirements. You will be notified electronically whether your application was successful.

Applications who are successful will be invited to interview using the email address provided within your application. Please check your email account regularly.

### Main duties of the job

To provide all administrative services involved in managing patient bookings for all specialty areas within Radiology.

To co-ordinate inpatient, outpatient, cancer and urgent bookings for patients across all services in Radiology. This will involve liaising with referrers, wards, portering services, interpreting services, transport services and Allied Health Professionals.

To manage incoming telephone communications and direct queries to the appropriate departments/staff. You will have an excellent telephone manner and you will be able to deal with calls from patients and referrers into the service in a friendly, prompt and professional way.

To use a variety of computer-based systems including Web Portal, Soliton, PACS, PAS, ePMA, ICE (limited access to view only status for bloods and lab results) and Teletracking. Training will be provided.

To perform a variety of other administrative duties required for co-ordinating patient flow through the department/service.

To collate data and provide statistical analysis of throughput, capacity & demand.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities.

### 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

### Skills

**Essential**

- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to problem-solve and make autonomous decisions.

### Process

**Essential**

- Able to demonstrate involvement in quality improvement projects and is open to change and innovation.

**Desirable**

- Has recognised a need for change and implemented this using own initiative.

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience working with a wide range of digital and patient systems.
- Previous experience in a Radiology or patient-facing administrative role.

**Desirable**

- Experience with managing confidential information.

### Communication

**Essential**

- Exceptional written communication skills and ability to produce good, accurate correspondence.
- Excellent communication skills and telephone manner, with the ability to engage with other healthcare professionals, patients and managers.

## Documents

- [wolverhampton map (pdf, 600.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2032)
- [flexible working commitment (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2380)
- [rwt professional standards (pdf, 95.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3048)
- [employee rewards booklet v.15 (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2083)
- [rwt health & wellbeing offer (pdf, 945.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3027)
- [joint behavioural framework v1. 2024 (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2858)
- [nhs staff offer - national express (pdf, 963.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2612)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 896.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10428420)
- [using ai when completing application forms (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2969)

## 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.
- Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.
