Clinical Office Coordinator - Ear, Nose & Throat

NHS; Tenterden; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Clinical Office Coordinator in Ashford, where you’ll provide essential clerical support to the Ear, Nose and Throat department. The role demands excellent organisational and communication skills to ensure efficient patient care and appointment management as part of a dedicated team.

Benefits

Excellent pension scheme

Annual leave entitlement

On-site Nurseries

On-site staff cafes

On-site parking

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Experience in customer service-oriented roles.
• Understanding of healthcare services delivery.

Responsibilities

• Organise clinic appointments and manage waiting lists.
• Ensure quality documentation related to patient appointments.
• Liaise with patients and healthcare professionals for scheduling.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Job description

Go back Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Office Coordinator - Ear, Nose & Throat

The closing date is 03 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Ear, Nose and Throat clinical office at Ashford Hospital. A 37.5 hour role of the Clinical Office Coordinator is required to provide clerical support within the main clinical office; it requires a high level of organisational skills and someone who is good at communicating with a wide range of health care professionals as well as patients and their relatives.

The successful applicant(s) will have the ability to work as part of the team to deliver high quality customer service, display excellent communication skills, and an understanding of delivering healthcare services. You will need to demonstrate commitment to care quality and performance delivery. You must be a team player with the ability to problem solve and work independently. You will be responsible for many roles including organising timetables, dealing with clinic capacity and the outpatient waiting lists for both new and follow up patients.

An understanding of the 18 week patient pathway is preferable, although training will be given. You will be required to use a number of systems including Cerner, Luna, CRIS and Dictate I.T. Previous experience of these systems is desirable, but not essential, as training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

o To liaise with the Appointments Centre regarding outpatient clinic bookings as necessary and ensure patient follow up appointments are booked as soon as results are known and are available for clinic appointment.o To be responsible for, and actively manage specialty waiting lists, out-patient procedure bookings on behalf of the specialty Clinical Team to ensure that the patient reaches the point of treatment within relevant time-scales.o To liaise directly with patients to book, cancel, and rebook any outpatient appointments or procedure dates.o To be responsible for sending out relevant appointment letters, and cancelling/rebooking patients appointments.o Responsible for checking all clinic letters are completed accurately and outcomes actioned and recorded on Surrey Safe Care.o Dispose of outstanding uncashed clinic outcomes on Surrey Safe Care.o Monitor overbooking of clinics and arrange additional clinics to meet 18 week and cancer targets in conjunction with clinicians and Service Managers.o Manage changes in clinic templates as directed by Team Leader/Service Manager

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On-site Nurseries
• On-site staff cafes
• On-site parking
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org

Job responsibilities

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

• To maintain a high standard of quality in providing an appointments service; supporting patients and professionals.
• To produce high quality patient information for the Trust to enable maximum use of resources, and to support service level agreements and planning of future services.
• To ensure that patients receive good quality, appropriate documentation/information relating to their appointment in line with current Trust and Divisional objectives.
• To be responsible for transcribing of dictation letters using Dictate-IT software.
• Responsible for checking all clinic letters are completed accurately and outcomes actioned and recorded on Cerner. Dispose of outstanding uncashed clinic outcomes on Cerner.
• Using Luna (PTL) on a daily basis, liaise with the Patient Pathway Team across the Trust as a whole, to ensure co-ordination of all elements of the patient pathway. This may include highlighting patient target dates to ensure that investigations/diagnostics are carried out and results received in a timely manner.
• To highlight any potential breaches or delays in the patients pathway to the Team Leader, Admin Manager according to the Trusts escalation policy.
• Monitor patients who are sent to other Trusts for treatment to ensure they do not breach 18 weeks (MDS forms).
• To liaise with & support the Appointments Centre regarding outpatient clinic bookings as necessary and ensure patient follow up appointments are booked as soon as results are known and are available for clinic appointment.
• To liaise directly with patients to book, cancel, and rebook any outpatient appointments or procedure dates.
• Attend regular team meetings arranged by Team Leader.
• Deal with patient queries effectively written and via telephone/email.
• To ensure booking of relevant clinical activity (e.g. out-patient procedures, clinics etc) and managing patient pathways in conjunction with the Patient Pathway Team.
• Have the ability and commitment to work as a team member and be able to adhere to strict deadlines.
• When booking or changing appointments, to be aware of the agreed Divisions wait to first appointment, of RTT waits, and of the Joint Access Policy.

Person Specification

• Experience
• Knowledge
• Skills
• Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust