Radiology Services Administrator inScarborough inScarborough PUBLISHED MON 11 NOV 2024

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Radiology Services Administrator role to join our busy and friendly administrative team in Scarborough.

This is a fast-paced role that will require problem solving and excellent communication skills. It will be essential that the post holder is an organised individual, team player, and as well as work on their own initiative. You will also need to be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of confidentiality issues and respond to queries in a professional manner.

The successful candidate will work as a member of the Radiology team to assist in administration and clerical duties for all patient pathways.

The hours of work will be between the hours of 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday - Friday.

If you are looking for a role that is both varied and interesting, then we would like to hear from you!

• To maintain patient confidentiality at all times following the Trust guidelines.
• To manage patients through Radiology administrative processes and pathways, in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.
• To receive and accurately process any diary cancellations, ensuring patients are supported by the Referral to Treatment Guidelines and departmental booking rules are followed.
• To collect and record data to support waiting list times attainment, and highlighting breach patients to the Team Leader/Service Manager.
• To manage appointments ensuring patients are seen within the maximum waiting times, and in clinical and chronological order, set out in the Referral to Treatment Policy.
• To support patients attending outpatient appointments using tact, diplomacy ensuring patients are arrived and general queries answered/escalated as required.
• To ensure all patients who fail to attend, DNA (Did not attend) their appointments, are followed up in accordance with the departmental DNA SOP.
• To be able to priorities day-to-day workflow, acting independently and unsupervised within departmental guidelines.
• To be able to make adjustments to planned lists at short notice overbooking/rescheduling where necessary.
• To manage the diaries to ensure all scheduled sessions are fully utilised.
• To be responsible for the training of new team members within the Radiology department.

About us

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.