Endoscopy Booking Coordinator

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking an Endoscopy Co-ordinator to support the Endoscopy Reception and Booking Office at University Hospital Lewisham. You will help ensure appointments and pre-assessment slots are scheduled efficiently and patient experiences stay smooth.

You will work across Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust sites, coordinating bookings in Cerner (iCare) and liaising with clinical teams, patients and colleagues to keep pathways running to time, while maintaining high

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Experience in administrative roles in healthcare is preferred.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Book and coordinate endoscopy appointments and pre-assessment slots.
• Manage bookings through Cerner (iCare) system.
• Liaise with patients, clinicians and nursing teams to ensure smooth pathways.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisation

Customer service

Tools

Cerner iCare

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Main area Endoscopy Grade Band 3 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9-5) Job ref 197-R-LC8662

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ISC in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

The Endoscopy Department is seeking a motivated and organised individual to join its friendly and dedicated team. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring patients are booked for hospital appointments in a timely and efficient manner, helping to provide a smooth and positive experience for both patients and clinicians.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing service. As an Endoscopy Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for supporting both the Endoscopy Reception and Booking Office at the University Hospital Lewisham site, providing cover during periods of annual leave and staff absence. Key responsibilities include contacting patients to arrange endoscopy procedures and pre-assessment appointments, managing bookings through the Cerner (iCare) patient administration system, handling confidential patient information, and liaising effectively with patients, medical staff, and nursing teams both face-to-face and over the telephone.

The role involves coordinating appointments for patients across Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, requiring excellent communication, organisational, and customer service skills. A professional and clear telephone manner is essential, along with the ability to work accurately in a busy environment while maintaining a high standard of patient care and confidentiality.

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive, efficient, and patient-focused administrative service for all patients referred to the Endoscopy Department. The post holder will support the Endoscopy team in managing patient pathways effectively, ensuring services meet current capacity and demand requirements while delivering a high standard of care and customer service.

The role involves accurately booking and coordinating patient appointments, maintaining patient records, monitoring patient pathways and outcomes, and ensuring patients receive timely access to diagnostic and treatment services. The post holder will work closely with clinical and administrative colleagues to provide a seamless patient experience and support the delivery of key performance targets.

In addition, the successful candidate will assist the Endoscopy Supervisor in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of departmental processes and services. They will also provide support to the Endoscopy Reception and cross-site booking teams as required, ensuring service continuity across Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

Working for our organisation

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. As an organisation, we’ve made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of “Good” in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of “Good” that we had already