Inpatient Booking Clerk inGreater London inGreater London PUBLISHED
WED 15 JAN 2025
Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient care by ensuring timely surgical bookings and assessments.
Work in a supportive and collaborative environment with medical staff and colleagues from various departments.
Access to professional development opportunities, enhancing career advancement within the NHS.
Enjoy a great work-life balance, making it easier to manage personal and professional commitments.
Be part of a trusted organization dedicated to high-quality and safe patient care, with values that prioritize community well-being.
Work in a picturesque area of Greater London with access to stunning countryside and vibrant towns.
The Inpatient Booking Clerk at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust will be responsible for coordinating theatre schedules in alignment with national waiting times and clinical targets. The role involves direct communication with medical staff, theatre colleagues, and patients to confirm admission dates, arrange pre-operative assessments, and ensure bed availability for a smooth patient experience. The clerk will prioritize their workload independently, operate the Patient Administration System (PAS) efficiently, and ensure that surgical procedures are scheduled according to clinical priorities, including urgent and cancer cases.
Additionally, the post holder will maintain communication with surgeons to verify patient lists and ensure all necessary assessments are completed promptly. The Trust promotes high-quality, safe care while fostering a supportive work environment, with a focus on professional development and work-life balance in a scenic location.
Additionally, the post holder will maintain communication with surgeons to verify patient lists and ensure all necessary assessments are completed promptly. The Trust promotes high-quality, safe care while fostering a supportive work environment, with a focus on professional development and work-life balance in a scenic location.
Job Overview
The post holder will work as part of the Inpatient Booking Team ensuring that theatre lists are planned in accordance with agreed service guidelines and in line with National Waiting times and Clinical targets. The post holder will be expected to liaise directly with Medical Staff, colleagues from theatres and patients to agree admission dates, arrange Pre Operative Assessment and ensure that there is bed capacity in order to provide a seamless journey for the patient.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is expected to plan and prioritise workload using their own initiative working and within agreed Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures to support decision making.
To operate and maintain an efficient and effective planning service for in-patient or day case surgery booking. Ensuring clinical priorities are maintained and recorded appropriately within the PAS system and that patients are planned for their Surgery using the appropriate in patient waiting list available on the SQL reporting system to ensure that they are planned in accordance with their clinical priority i.e. urgent or cancer patients followed by routine patient patients by longest wait in line within the National 18 week referral to treatment target.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that planned lists are agreed with Surgeons when appropriate to ensure that the patient list order is correct taking into account any allergies, alerts and pre operative assessment status.
The post holder will be responsible for arranging pre operative assessments for patients ensuring that this is completed in a timely manner in order to achieve maximum optimisation
Working for your organisation
The post holder will be expected to provide an efficient and effective in patient booking service for the Trust working within the Patient Access, Theatre, Anaesthetics and Critical Care Centre.
As an organisation we strive to provide high quality, safe care for our patients in an environment which our staff are proud to work in. We believe that by adhering to our Vision (“To provide excellent care for the communities we serve”) and working with our Trust Values in mind (Partnering, Ambitious, Caring, Trusted) we can achieve the right results for the people that matter most – our patients and their families.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust can offer you great career prospects and a fantastic work-life balance. Situated in one of the most attractive parts of the country with dramatic countryside and bustling towns we have state of the art facilities, helpful friendly teams and excellent professional development opportunities.
The post holder will work as part of the Inpatient Booking Team ensuring that theatre lists are planned in accordance with agreed service guidelines and in line with National Waiting times and Clinical targets. The post holder will be expected to liaise directly with Medical Staff, colleagues from theatres and patients to agree admission dates, arrange Pre Operative Assessment and ensure that there is bed capacity in order to provide a seamless journey for the patient.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is expected to plan and prioritise workload using their own initiative working and within agreed Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures to support decision making.
To operate and maintain an efficient and effective planning service for in-patient or day case surgery booking. Ensuring clinical priorities are maintained and recorded appropriately within the PAS system and that patients are planned for their Surgery using the appropriate in patient waiting list available on the SQL reporting system to ensure that they are planned in accordance with their clinical priority i.e. urgent or cancer patients followed by routine patient patients by longest wait in line within the National 18 week referral to treatment target.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that planned lists are agreed with Surgeons when appropriate to ensure that the patient list order is correct taking into account any allergies, alerts and pre operative assessment status.
The post holder will be responsible for arranging pre operative assessments for patients ensuring that this is completed in a timely manner in order to achieve maximum optimisation
Working for your organisation
The post holder will be expected to provide an efficient and effective in patient booking service for the Trust working within the Patient Access, Theatre, Anaesthetics and Critical Care Centre.
As an organisation we strive to provide high quality, safe care for our patients in an environment which our staff are proud to work in. We believe that by adhering to our Vision (“To provide excellent care for the communities we serve”) and working with our Trust Values in mind (Partnering, Ambitious, Caring, Trusted) we can achieve the right results for the people that matter most – our patients and their families.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust can offer you great career prospects and a fantastic work-life balance. Situated in one of the most attractive parts of the country with dramatic countryside and bustling towns we have state of the art facilities, helpful friendly teams and excellent professional development opportunities.
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