Assistant Patient Pathway Coordinator

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cherwell District; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an administrative role within the patient administration team. The post holder will support the reception, provide administrative support to consultants and clinical staff, and help ensure efficient appointment and referral processing.

You will manage diaries, assist with clinic bookings and triage urgent referrals, while handling patient and referrer inquiries by phone or email to aid a smooth patient journey.

Responsibilities

• Support the Reception desk
• Provide administrative support to Consultants, clinical staff and all patients under their care, including diary administration, correspondence support and other administrative duties as required.
• Book New and Follow up clinic appointments. Utilise vacant slots to bring forward clinically triaged urgent patients ensuring best use of clinic lists. Assist with the processing of new referrals.
• Act upon queries from referrers, patients and other relevant parties in liaison with clinical staff. Take relevant action to provide reassurance and support to patients and their families by finding appropriate solutions to problems via phone or email.

Job description

Patient administration underpins the patient journey and supports clinical teams in delivering high quality patient care and can make a real difference to the patient experience. Effective and efficient patient administration supports management through ensuring a high standard of data quality and by making the best use of capacity and resources. The post holder has responsibility for assisting with the provision of a professional, comprehensive, and efficient administrative service, which is effectively delivered to all patients and members of the Department. This will be through the delivery of a comprehensive administrative service to a specialty team.,

• Support the Reception desk
• Provide administrative support to Consultants, clinical staff and all patients under their care, including diary administration, correspondence support and other administrative duties as required.
• Book New and Follow up clinic appointments. Utilise vacant slots to bring forward clinically triaged urgent patients ensuring best use of clinic lists. Assist with the processing of new referrals.
• Act upon queries from referrers, patients and other relevant parties in liaison with clinical staff. Take relevant action to provide reassurance and support to patients and their families by finding appropriate solutions to problems via phone or email. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more herewww.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.