Emergency Department Senior Administrator and Flow Coordinator

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust; Ashford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust in England is seeking an experienced Emergency Department Senior Administrator and Flow Coordinator to help manage patient flow and support the nurse in charge, ensuring targets and national standards are met.

You will work across clinical IT systems after training, communicate with multi-disciplinary teams, and contribute to maintaining performance in a busy ED, with a fixed-term visa note and related policies as applicable.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in an NHS environment is preferred.
• Awareness of performance targets in Emergency Care.
• Good communication and engagement skills; ability to work with clinical IT systems after training.

Responsibilities

• Support the nurse in charge to ensure smooth patient flow through the ED.
• Help maintain national standards and performance targets in the department.
• Provide administrative support to the ED team and manage operational processes.

Job description

Emergency Department Senior Administrator and Flow Coordinator

A Vacancy at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

This will be an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to work in a fast paced and challenging environment that wants to have a positive impact on the care we deliver to our patients when they need it most. The successful candidates will be pivotal in assisting the trust in increasing its profile and achieve the current national performance target and will become knowledgeable in operational flow and management.

Candidates should ideally have experience of working in an NHS environment and be aware of performance targets in Emergency Care. They should demonstrate good communication and engagement skills and be able to work with a variety of clinical IT systems (after training).

The successful candidates will work a full shift rotation pattern and will be responsible for supporting the nurse in charge in ensuring the flow of patients through the Emergency Department (ED) ensuring that targets and national standards are kept at an optimum and the national targets are met.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five

hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

PLEASE NOTE - WE CANNOT OFFER VISA SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.

If you hold a Graduate/Post Study work visa, you will only be able to work this role fixed term until the expiry date of your visa.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.

If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below

This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Oct 2026