# Treatment Scheduler > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/treatment-scheduler/1b63232e-853a-458c-8ce1-d353e04b33cd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/treatment-scheduler/1b63232e-853a-458c-8ce1-d353e04b33cd.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Great Yarmouth - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 23.5 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (8am start time)) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-10T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-26T09:13:13.389Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Great_Yarmouth/James_Paget_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Oncology_Haematology/Oncology_Haematology-v8069405 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8069405?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview To provide a high-quality booking/administrative service to enable the timely scheduling of chemotherapy and supportive treatment for our patients, using Trust electronic booking systems. To ensure that the patient booking is an accurate reflection of the patient’s pathway management, ensuring Trust performance objectives for outpatients are met. To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate the Trust’s core values and behaviours. ### Main duties of the job To schedule patients for chemotherapy and other non-SACT treatments and procedures, ensuring appropriate appointments are booked for each patient, complying with Cancer Waiting Times targets. This will be achieved by working in partnership with Consultants, Secretaries and Nurses to ensure clinics are utilised to optimum levels, and to provide performance data as requested. To be responsible for booking, monitoring and organising appointments and cancellations via the electronic booking system for the Sandra Chapman Centre for outpatient treatment, and Ward 17 for inpatient treatments. Liaising with Secretaries and Consultants to ensure booking requests and cancellations are processed within the required timescales and report any capacity pressures to both the clinical teams and operational management. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a full and comprehensive overview for this position. ## Job Details To provide a high-quality booking/administrative service to enable the timely scheduling of chemotherapy and supportive treatment for our patients, using Trust electronic booking systems. To ensure that the patient booking is an accurate reflection of the patient’s pathway management, ensuring Trust performance objectives for outpatients are met. To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate the Trust’s core values and behaviours. ## Job Description To schedule patients for chemotherapy and other non-SACT treatments and procedures, ensuring appropriate appointments are booked for each patient, complying with Cancer Waiting Times targets. This will be achieved by working in partnership with Consultants, Secretaries and Nurses to ensure clinics are utilised to optimum levels, and to provide performance data as requested. To be responsible for booking, monitoring and organising appointments and cancellations via the electronic booking system for the Sandra Chapman Centre for outpatient treatment, and Ward 17 for inpatient treatments. Liaising with Secretaries and Consultants to ensure booking requests and cancellations are processed within the required timescales and report any capacity pressures to both the clinical teams and operational management. ## Responsibilities Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a full and comprehensive overview for this position. ## Person Specification ### Skills & Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to prioritise - Able to work under pressure - Ability to identify and solve problems - Accuracy and attention to detail - Knowledge of Trust procedures and policies - Knowledge of NHS targets - Able to understand and analyse waiting list data accurately and identify problems. - Knowledge of RTT pathways - Able to work as a team, and also work independently using own initiative - Supportive of colleagues - Able to remain professional at all times - Display a positive approach to organisational change - Ability and willingness to teach others - Polite and sympathetic telephone manner - Excellent communication skills - Reliable ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 1 year of recent experience in a reception or coordinator role within the NHS **Desirable** - Knowledge of waiting list management - Knowledge of electronic booking management ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - English GCSE Grade 4 / C or above (or equivalent) - Good general standard of literacy and numeracy - NVQ Level 3 Business Admin qualification or equivalent experience - ECDL or equivalent - NVQ Level 2 Customer Care or equivalent ## Documents - [apollo project (pdf, 12.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2896) - [recruitment 2025 (pdf, 4.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2736) - [hospital site map (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1745) - [recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 90.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1988) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 504.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10360695) ## 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.