Vascular Patient Pathway Coordinator

Job overview

The Patient Pathway Coordinator will lead on the tracking of outpatient RTT pathways. By working closely with a wide range of clinical and managerial staff, and providing high standard of administrative support, the post holder will ensure patients receive treatment as soon as possible and ensure national targets are met. The post holder is responsible for providing a high standard of professional and patient focused service to a range of Trust-wide specialities and will support the function on a day-to day operational basis.

Main duties of the job

• Monitor and coordinate patients throughout their care pathway, using tracking lists to identify next steps and support timely treatment.
• Manage referrals and pathway administration in line with Trust and national requirements, including RTT waiting-time rules.
• Work with clinicians, managers, GPs and other organisations to resolve pathway delays, transfer information and escalate breaches or significant issues.
• Maintain accurate patient records and databases, track health records securely, complete required documentation and support clinical correspondence.
• Coordinate information and paperwork for clinical teams and multidisciplinary meetings, and follow up actions relating to patient care.
• Collect and analyse pathway data, support audits, investigate target breaches and report issues to management.
• Identify opportunities to improve patient pathways, tracking processes, Standard Operating Procedures and internal targets.
• Provide day-to-day supervision and support to administrators, ensuring appropriate preparation, compliance with Trust policies and identification of training needs.
• Contribute to service and departmental development, meetings and other administrative duties required to support high-quality patient care.
• Assist Consultants for administration duties

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

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.