Job overview
- The post holder must understand all aspects of a patient’s pathway from referral to treatment including the following:
- Reading and understanding patient case notes
- Receipt and entry of the referral
- Booking and cancelling outpatient appointments
- Post session recording of outpatient attendances
- Adding patients to day case / inpatient waiting lists
- To Come In (TCI) offers, deferred treatment and pause periods
- Admitting, transferring and discharging patients
- RTT status code at all points of the patient pathway
- How to correct PAS entries.
- Adding / removing patients on the Patient Tracking List (PTL) and ensuring patients are booked in accordance with the Trust Elective Access Policy.
- Ensure PTL records are accurate by cross checking with a range of sources from patient letters to patient case notes.
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Main duties of the job
- The post holder must understand all aspects of a patient’s pathway from referral to treatment including the following:
- Reading and understanding patient case notes
- Receipt and entry of the referral
- Booking and cancelling outpatient appointments
- Post session recording of outpatient attendances
- Adding patients to day case / inpatient waiting lists
- To Come In (TCI) offers, deferred treatment and pause periods
- Admitting, transferring and discharging patients
- RTT status code at all points of the patient pathway
- How to correct PAS entries.
Please see Job Description for full details
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In summary the post holder will have:
- Excellent knowledge of the 18 week rule suite and associated guidelines and presviosu NHS experience.
- Experience of clinical systems and referencing clinical documents and diagnostic results.
- The ability to actively manage the administrative processes associated with patient pathways and review the functioning and effectiveness of clinical teams.
- The ability to work effectively as part of the onsite validation team to ensure that pathways are validated and corrected.
- The ability to ensure extensive feedback on validations completed on a pathway basis and to give an audit trail of the validations fulfilled on a daily basis.
- To be able to utilise the MS Excel application as required to record validations.
- To be able to communicate well with all team members including multidisciplinary teams as well as patients and relatives as required.
Person specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent
- Achieved Grade C in English Language & Maths GCSE or equivalent.
Desirable
- Educated to A Level standard or equivalent.
Attributes
Essential
- Ability to use initiative
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to work independently and proactively.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in RTT validation.
- Previous administrative or clinical experience
- Use of Electronic Patient Record or other hospital patient administration systems.
Desirable
- Knowledge of iCS, Sunquest ICE, CRIS (PACS) or similar hospital systems.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Good oral and written communication.
- Ability to work well with other departments and staff groups.
- Strong knowledge of MS Office and MS Outlook
Desirable
- Good knowledge of the processes within a hospital setting.
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This advert is for RTT Patient Pathway Validator with Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust in Stanmore, London, England. It is listed as a Band 4 role. The advertised salary is £33,262 - £36,027 per annum inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is 6 Month Probation leading to permanent if successful. The application deadline is 13 Aug 2026.
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