List Co-Ordinator

Main area All surgical areas within the Surgical Business Unit Grade NHS AfC:
Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm) Job  

Employer Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Queen Elizabeth Hospital Town Gateshead Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/10/2026 23:59

In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORMAll references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment.

Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

PLEASE NOTEit is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.

All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Waiting List Team, based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. As a member of the team, you will assist with managing waiting lists for elective surgery and working in accordance with Government Access targets to ensure patients are treated in line with Trust Access policies.

This postis varied and includes contact with patients and many Health Care Professionals associated with admitting patients for surgery.

We are looking for an individual with excellent interpersonal/communication skills and the ability to work in an environment, where demands and priorities change quickly.

We are looking for someone with a minimum of one year's experience working in administration within an NHS patient/customer focused environment with excellent verbal and written communication skills to ensure accurate and timeous information sharing across the multi-disciplinary team.

An awareness of Government Access targets would be advantageous but not essential. You must be well organised, flexible and able to work on your own initiative and demonstrate confidence in independent decision making.

The successful candidate for the post will work Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, although you will need to be flexible to the needs of the service and be committed to high quality patient care. You will be based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital site.

This job may close early if large amounts of applications are received.

• To take a lead role in co-ordinating the waiting lists of a group of Consultants in accordance with Trust Policies and government wait time targets for elective surgery, both urgent/cancer and non-urgent, adding to waiting lists/ensuring VBC compliance and calculating pathway dates in line with local and national targets ensuring these targets are not breached.
• To co-ordinate admission and associated pre-operative assessment appointments, ensuring all key hospital staff are aware of any organisational arrangements.
• To coordinate surgeons’ theatre lists, including selecting appropriate cases in clinical/ chronological order and with appropriate…