Patient Pathway Administrator -Spinal Surgery

We are seeking to appoint a  full time B4Patient Pathway Administrator  to join our friendly Spinal Surgery team  working  across  the  Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and John Radcliffe Hospital sites. Please note the post holder will be required to work from the office at least 4 days per week.

Are You?

• Able to work in a high paced environment and multitask
• Able to deal with frequent interruptions and re-prioritise your workload to respond to changing service needs
• Team player
• Proactive
• Enthusiastic
• Organised
• Committed to provide best administration service possible
  
  

 The post holder will provide an efficient and effective clinical administration service to the department, Consultants and wider clinical team.  The post holder will also attend to patients, colleagues and referrers to the service, promptly and courteously at all times and be a worthy front-line representative of our high quality service. 

Informal visits or chat about this role prior applying are welcomed.

Previous applicants need not apply

•   To be a designated point of contact for the Consultants and clinic teams, alongside another Patient Pathway Administrators for the Spinal Surgery Team.
  
  

 To provide a full administration service to the Consultant team and taking responsibility for managing the whole patient pathway in line with the Elective Access policy.

• To work closely with all staff in the service to ensure compliance with 18 week referral to treatment (RTT) targets, intervening where necessary to expedite appointments / surgery to avoid breaches.
• Support patients under the Clinicians care by administering where appropriate relevant diagnostic investigations and expediting where appropriate in line with the 6 week diagnostic pathway and 18 week RTT pathway
• To have an overview of all workflows in the admin team and to be responsible for proving an excellent cohesive service to both patients and colleagues.
• To work closely with each member of the admin team to understand their role and support them. 
• To cover in times of leave and sick to ensure service continuity.
• To escalate potential issues to the Line Manager and or Service Manager
  
  

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sandeep Bidla Job title: Assistant Service Manager Email address: sandeep.bidla@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01865 737945