# Patient Pathway Co-ordinator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/patient-pathway-co-ordinator/5b16d8b5-05a1-42f1-b31f-405054fa7cf6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/patient-pathway-co-ordinator/5b16d8b5-05a1-42f1-b31f-405054fa7cf6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £34,186 - £37,389 per annum inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-10T15:13:08.670Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital_Children_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Gender_Service/Gender_Service-v8148634 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking skilled and compassionate individuals to join the NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service (London) in the role of Patient Pathway Co-ordinator. The Patient Pathway Co-ordinator will be responsible for ensuring the efficient management of patient journeys through the service, from initial referral to the conclusion of treatment. The role involves working closely with clinical teams, families, and young people, ensuring that administrative processes are streamlined and that patients receive timely access to the appropriate services. This role is critical in ensuring the service runs smoothly, providing administrative support, tracking progress, and managing appointments. The successful candidate will be someone with experience working within a multidisciplinary team in a healthcare or social care environment, with a passion for supporting young people. A commitment to working in an inclusive and empathetic manner is essential. You should have excellent communication skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and the ability to work efficiently in a high-pressure environment. Candidates must have a good general level of education, with English and Maths to GCSE standard or equivalent. This is a full-time position, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible ### Main duties of the job The Children and Young People’s Gender Service is delivered by a comprehensive, multidisciplinary team, including paediatricians, mental health practitioners, youth workers, nurses, speech and language therapists, and occupational therapists. The service provides an in-depth assessment of each child or young person’s needs, culminating in a personalized care plan developed collaboratively with them and, when appropriate, their families or supporters. A range of care interventions is offered to address mental, physical, emotional, psychological, and social needs. The post holder will play a key role in actively managing the administrative processes within the patient care pathway. They will identify and progress the next steps in line with clinical needs, ensuring a smooth and efficient journey for patients. This includes developing an understanding of the pathway milestones and providing comprehensive administrative support to the multidisciplinary team in their care of children and young people. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Understanding of peer review process and governance processes - Knowledge of medical terminology ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of multi-disciplinary staff - Ability to work both autonomously and in a team - To be flexible in their approach to the work, according to priorities and changing organisational systems - To work on site for the majority of the week - Must be able to work from a desk environment for extended periods. - Ability to deal with difficult service users and challenging situations - Demonstrable experience of data collection, presentation, report writing and handling of data quality issues - Ability to work with confidential data and information and deal with sensitive issues discreetly - Ability to follow complex protocols and feedback to senior staff as appropriate - Organisational and time management skills to meet deadlines - Possess a ‘can do’ attitude, with a flexible approach to work and the ability to cope with changing demands - Strong IT skills, particularly with relation to Microsoft Office packages, e.g. Word, Outlook and Excel - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills face to face, in writing and on the telephone - Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload and that of junior staff - Ability to prepare reports (written and data) using a variety of software packages and present in an easy-to-read format ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Significant proven experience of delivering to high standards in a fast-paced high volume customer care environment. - Ability to deal with a range of issues independently and efficiently - Proven administrative experience - Experience of working with children and young people or demonstrate an understanding of the potential needs of the children and young people **Desirable** - Experience of an administrative role within the NHS - Experience of supervising staff ### GOSH Culture and Values **Essential** - Our Always values - Always welcoming - Always helpful - Always expert - Always one team - Experience of working as part of a diverse team - Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture ### Academic/Professional qualification/Training **Essential** - Good general education with English and Maths to GCSE standard or equivalent - Educated to diploma level or NVQ 3, City and Guilds certificate level in business administration or equivalent - Evidence of some formal further training in short courses, experience of a range of admin practices and with significant experience of hospital administration **Desirable** - IT package qualification/training, e.g. European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) - Customer services qualification/training ## Documents - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 108.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2815) - [diversity and inclusion (pdf, 166.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2485) - [patient pathway co-ordinator jdps (pdf, 536.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10448071) ## 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.