Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: Monday - Friday
- Hours
- Full time - 30 hours per week (10.00am - 16.00)
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basildon
- Town
- Basildon
- Salary
- £27,485 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Patient Pathway Coordinator - Paediatrics
Band 4
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has risen to work within paediatrics to facilitate the smooth running of the patient journey by ensuring that co-ordinated and streamlined, well organised administrative processes revolve around the patient and their individual needs. Typing is essential.
You will provide administrative support to all clinical staff within the clinical area including; consultants, Nurse Specialists and Junior Doctors ensuring effective co-ordination of their diaries etc. this will include cancellation and reinstating of clinics in line with planned and unplanned leave.
Your role is to support the clinical team, Service Manager and other Divisional Managers in ensuring the speciality is able to deliver safe and effective services whilst also ensuring compliance with contractual access targets e.g. the 18 weeks Referral to Treatment target and provide cross-cover for other Patient Pathway coordinators to ensure a consistent and effective administration service is maintained at all times.
Main duties of the job
In your role you will work within paediatrics to facilitate the smooth running of the patient journey by ensuring that co-ordinated and streamlined administrative processes revolve around the patient and their individual needs, providing administrative support to all clinical staff within the clinical area including Consultants, Nurse Specialists and Junior Doctors ensuring effective co-ordination of their diaries etc. this will include cancellation and reinstating of clinics in line with planned and unplanned leave. Typing is essential for this role, being extremely organised and highly motivated
You will support the clinical team, Service Manager and other Divisional managers in ensuring the speciality are able to deliver safe and effective services whilst also ensuring compliance with contractual access targets e.g. RTT and cancer and ensure a consistent and effective administration service is maintained at all times.
Good telephone communication skills especially dealing with patients, doctors, nursing and midwifery teams and outside agencies.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description. We look forward to your application!
Please note that we cannot offer VISA sponsorship for this role and we reserve the right to close early should we receive sufficient applications.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Maths & English Grade C or above
Desirable criteria
- ECDL or equivalent experience with Office Packages
- Typing qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in an administrative healthcare setting
- Application demonstrates understanding and knowledge of key access targets. eg. 18 week RTT
Desirable criteria
- Application demonstrates understanding of key challenges facing the healthcare economy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dawn Saban
- Job title
- Junior Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 443 6768
- Additional information
0300 443 6768
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