Theatre Scheduler | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in London seeks a scheduler to ensure efficient patient booking services. You will develop effective work systems and maintain excellent communication with patients. The ideal candidate is a dynamic team player, committed to providing compassionate care. This position is crucial to the centralised scheduling service overseeing appointments and surgeries.

Qualifications

• Dynamic and motivated team player required.
• Ability to develop effective systems of work.
• Excellent communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure comprehensive and efficient booking services for patients.
• Develop systems for good communication and personal service.
• Adhere to standard operating procedures and timelines.

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated team player to take up the position of scheduler to cover maternity leave.

The post holder will join the centralised scheduling service that is responsible for booking patients in for their pre-assessment appointments and surgery at the Royal London Hospital. We have a large well-staffed centralised scheduling department responsible for booking all surgery in the three operating theatre suites at the Royal London Hospital site.

You will also work closely with speciality managers and clinicians to monitor performance and develop new approaches to meet the challenging scheduling needs that the Royal London Hospital poses over the coming years.

About the Hospital and Trust

The Royal London Hospital is largest of six hospitals that make up Barts Health, the largest NHS Trust in the UK supporting a community of over 1.2 million people in east London and beyond. The hospital is home to an internationally renowned medical school and one of the biggest children’s hospitals in the UK. The hospital is also home to the London Air Ambulance providing world leading trauma and emergency care which brings its own unique challenges to scheduling.

Responsibilities

• To ensure provision of comprehensive and efficient booking and scheduling service for patients that adhere to the Trusts Access policy with national and local Access targets.
• The role requires the post holder to develop efficient and effective systems of work to ensure that patients experience good communication, choice and a personal and responsive service.
• To provide a consistent approach across the trust, standard operating procedures (SOP) will describe how the functions of this role will be carried out along with the timescales that will be adhered.

About Barts Health and Values

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The group is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Documentation

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025