Urology Patient Pathway Coordinator | NHS Foundation Trust; BFT

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North Bristol NHS

Salary: £28,392 - £31,157 per annum (FTE) or pro-rata for part time roles

A fantastic opportunity has recently arisen within the Bristol Urological Institute as we are advertising for a Patient Pathway Co-ordinator working 37.5 hours a week to join our busy Urology department within the Penile Urology Team. This team are focused on helping manage the administrative processes for patient's seen by our penile urology team in the Bristol and South West area.

This role also involves working closely with the Penile consultants and leading a team of admin staff.

Ensuring the booking of functional patients for diagnostic procedures and surgical treatments.

Leading a team of assistants in the coordination of penile urology pathways .

Actioning of admin from a team of consultants and typing letters from clinic.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

To work as part of a team to ensure that patients are admitted efficiently for investigative treatments, diagnostic procedures and inpatient and day-case operations within national guidelines and in accordance with the trust’s Patients Access Policy. This includes: NHS Constitution, waiting time standards;
Department of Health admission guidelines and booking rules.

• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team maintaining efficient systems and processes relating to patient admissions. This includes maintaining accurate computerised and manual records, inputting registration and waiting list data onto the trust’s computer systems and ensuring that all patient records are kept up to date with any details relevant to the patient’s attendance and/or admission.
• As appropriate, schedule new or follow-up outpatient appointments, book pre-admission appointments, organise investigative treatments, diagnostic appointments and TCI/operation dates ensuring that patients are informed, with reasonable notice, and that all relevant paper work is completed for given appointment. This includes ensuring that all elective attendances/admissions are promptly and accurately recorded on the appropriate PAS system(s).
• Provide administrative support to consultant/clinical teams including the management of clinician’s diaries/timetables. Confirmation of consultant’s timetables to ensure that appropriate cover is available for all clinical sessions.
• To liaise with partner organisations to assist facilitate the treatment of patients. This includes liaison with primary, secondary and tertiary care providers. Ensure that comprehensive demographic and waiting list information is recorded &/or provided at the point of receipt of referral or transfer to the partner organisation to warrant that…