Band 3 Apprentice Patient Pathway Administrator

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; In loco; GBP 31.000 - 32.000; Tempo pieno

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Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is advertising for a Band 3 Apprentice Patient Pathway Administrator in Romford. The role combines administrative duties with the Business Administration Level 3 Apprenticeship, supporting Gastroenterology and the Clinical Diagnostic Unit.

The post requires NHS experience preferred, a flexible attitude, and the ability to manage pathways from referral to discharge while meeting RTT targets.

Competenze

• Be 16 years old or over (note: 18 or over for clinical vacancies)
• Have the right to work in the UK with a visa covering the duration of the apprenticeship
• Have been ordinarily resident in the UK for the past 3 years
• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the Gastroenterology service and the Clinical Diagnostic Unit
• Contribute to Trust KPIs, primarily 18-week RTT targets
• Validate and monitor the Trust’s performance against RTT standards

Mansioni

• Coordinate patient pathways from referral through investigation, treatment, follow-up and discharge
• Proactively manage waiting lists
• Support RTT standards and coordinate outpatient appointments
• Monitor patient pathways and work closely with consultants, nurses and operational teams
• Prioritise workload with minimal supervision and work as part of a team

Formazione

Business Administration Level 3 Apprenticeship

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Band 3 Apprentice Patient Pathway Administrator

Company: Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Salary: £30,630 - £32,346 Per Annum HCA inclusive

Hours: Full-time

Location: Romford, RM7 0AG

Job type: Apprenticeship

Posting date: 2 Nov 2026

Closing date: 2 Dec 2026

This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Nov 2026

A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Gastroenterology team as an apprentice patient pathway administrator.

Alongside the job role you will be completing the Business Administration Level 3 Apprenticeship. If you already hold this qualification at Level 3 or above, then you are not eligible to apply.

The ideal candidate will have a background working within the NHS or Healthcare Services and proven experience in a similar role.

This is a key operational role responsible for coordinating patient pathways from referral through investigation, treatment, follow-up and discharge. You will proactively manage waiting lists, support Referral to Treatment (RTT) standards, coordinate outpatient appointments, monitor patient pathways and work closely with consultants, nurses and operational teams to ensure patients receive timely, high-quality care.

A flexible working attitude is desired, along with the ability to work to ever changing demands and priorities. The workload is challenging and varied; therefore you must be able to prioritise your work with minimal supervision, as well as working as part of a team.

Please read the advert and Job Description carefully before applying, ensuring that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification.

Eligibility criteria

• Be 16 years old or over (NOTE: make this 18 or over for clinical vacancies)
• Have the right to work in the UK with a Visa that covers the duration of the apprenticeship
• Have been ordinarily resident in the UK for the past 3 years
• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the Gastroenterology service and the Clinical Diagnostic Unit.
• Contribute to Trust KPIs, primarily 18-week referral to treatment targets.
• Validate and monitor the Trust’s performance against referral to treatment standards. Ensuring patients receive treatment within the required timescales through tracking and auditing of elective care patient pathways.
• Support the trust in maintaining and improving patient pathway from referral to treatment by collecting, processing and actively seeking solutions to ensure that each patient is managed throughout their pathway in line with national and local targets.

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke UIt). We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes.

We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

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