PPMDU Coordinator Chelsea

Job overview

Private care Medical day Unit are seeking an enthusiastic Coordinator to help maintain the efficient management of the scheduling team on Medical day Unit at our Chelsea site. This post is vital to the smooth running of the main unit. You will work in a busy environment, providing a supportive role to the clinical teams and the effective running of the on-site scheduling team. The role also includes some movement around different parts of the hospital as well as admin based roles. As a member of a multi-disciplinary team, you should possess excellent interpersonal, verbal communication and organisational skills. Keyboard/IT skills are essential and hospital experience is desirable. The post is for 37.5 Hours a week Monday to Friday; with varied shifts between 8.00am – 8.00pm, working at Chelsea and Cavendish site on a rota basis with support on the Sutton site. For further information please contact James Clark on Ext 4678

Main duties of the job

The Scheduler is an integral member of the Private Care Medical Day Unit team, under the supervision of the Scheduling Manager. The post holder will coordinate all administrative aspects of the Day Care Services including data collection, reception and clerical duties. They will cover for the scheduling manager in their absence from site or when on annual leave.

The working days will be Monday –Friday various shifts patterns 7.45am -8.00pm. Weekend working may be added on an ad hoc or in the future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification

Appointments, scheduling and capacity management across all 3 sites

To oversee and coordinate the scheduling inbox daily, ensuring that team members are aware of priority workloads on the day.

To deal with all new patient chemotherapy referrals from clinicians, ensuring that the first chemotherapy treatment is scheduled within Cancer Waiting Times targets.

To liaise directly with the patient regarding their treatment, providing information and reassurance and managing patient expectations around the chemotherapy experience

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.