# Patient Pathway Coordinator - Specialist School Nursing > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/patient-pathway-coordinator-specialist-school-nursing/8b4d2e62-8731-44bb-85a6-159f954fac7d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/patient-pathway-coordinator-specialist-school-nursing/8b4d2e62-8731-44bb-85a6-159f954fac7d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Free Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Patient pathway coordinator - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £33,262 - £36,027 Per Annum (pro rata) Including HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday - Friday 8:00am - 2:30pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-06T14:27:32.307Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Paediatrics/Community_Paediatrics-v8193038 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8193038?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the role of Patient Pathway Coordinator, located at Cedar House, within our St. Michael's Community Hospital site within the Specialist School Nursing team. The appointed candidate will provide a high-level administrative service to the team of nursing staff to ensure the best level of care can be provided to all patients and service users who come into contact with the team. Training will be provided as required, and this role is a perfect opportunity for candidates wishing to pursue a career in the NHS within Operations. The post is based in the Special school’s Nursing team (SSNT) which covers several special schools in the borough of Enfield, currently the special schools have a total of 17 sites and special schools support CYP with a range of needs from several physical disabilities to mental health and communication concerns. The function of the team will be to provide care to children with nursing needs in the schools, but also to coordinate care plans and teach education staff/parents or carers in manging the health care needs of their child or young person. Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. The successful applicant may not work in Paediatrics upon completing their apprenticeship should no vacancies be present. ### Main duties of the job The postholder will join a high performing administration team maintaining all patient pathways within the Enfield Community Services – Specialist School Nursing team, working alongside our Consultant Community Paediatricians, Community Nursing team, Speech & Language Therapists, and support staff from across the Health Unit. The postholder is responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient management of the patient throughout their pathway; giving the patient a single point of contact for their appointments, ensuring the patients and carer experience is central to every stage of the patient journey, and ensuring potential breaches of RTT (referral to treatment) waiting times targets are avoided or escalated to the relevant manager. The postholder will proactively manage and track the progress of all referrals to ensure each stage of the pathway is fully planned and booked, whilst also working with colleagues throughout the Trust to ensure waiting time targets are achieved. They will be required to assist in the data quality and validation, ensuring all patients have recorded pathway start dates, and support the management team to identify areas that require pathway improvements. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience working within an administrative role. - Experience dealing with the public in a workplace setting. - Knowledge of NHS service provision including the pathway of care - Knowledge of spreadsheet and data set maintenance and audit. - Knowledge of key NHS systems including Careflow, DictateIT, CIP, DA Languages, and Envoy Messaging. - Knowledge of confidentiality and data protection principles. - Knowledge of health and safety Equality and diversity - Experience of using a full range of IT/Patient administration systems **Desirable** - Prior experience of patient administration work in a healthcare setting. - Previous experience working within an administrative role within an NHS setting. ### Skills & Aptitudes **Essential** - Ability to pay attention to detail. - Ability to deal with difficult conversations and concerns. - Able to work both autonomously and as part of a group setting. - Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills. - Able to meet changing and tight deadlines whilst delivering high quality results. - Ability to adhere to provided instruction and processes. - Good organisational skills. - Ability to use MS Office package as required for the role. ### Personal Qualities & Attributes **Essential** - Enthusiastic and motivated. - Good interpersonal skills. - Professional approach to work. - Accountability – Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working. - Openness – Shares information and good practice appropriately. - Mutual respect – Treats others with courtesy and respect. ### Education & Professional Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to GCSE Level 4/C or functional skills level 2 or equivalent in English and Maths. - Qualification in business administration at minimum of Level 2 or equivalent experience. **Desirable** - Qualifications in IT services. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 403.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672032) - [person specification (pdf, 222.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10498083) - [functional requirements (pdf, 691.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10497875) - [corporate, admin & clerical, other - benefits, about rfl, shared commitments and governing objectives (pdf, 646.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2753) ## 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.