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Job overview

We are looking for one full time booking clerk to join our Ophthalmology team.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience within our CAU Booking team. Dealing with new referrals, managing waiting lists and helping with patient queries as part of a busy department based in a large Acute Hospital Trust.

Working Monday - Friday including Saturday working on a rota basis with a day in lieu during the same working week. We can be flexible with shift patterns.

The Head and Neck Directorate accounts for over one third of the Trust’s outpatient activity and this team is a key Department within the Trust in ensuring we provide a high quality and timely service to our patients. You will be working closely with other team member, the medical secretaries, clinicians and Management Team to ensure patients are managed appropriately.

Main duties of the job

You will need to have excellent customer care skills and we will provide training for you to gain a thorough understanding of the Trusts access policy and the national 18 week RTT pathway which will provide an excellent basis for building a career working in both Acute and Community services in the NHS. 

Previous Healthcare administration experience would be advantageous but not essential, as would experience using Microsoft Word and Excel. We can offer you a supportive, friendly working environment where you will gain experience of hospital administration in a busy department.

Working for our organisation

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly?  In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Please contact the Recruiting Manager for an informal discussion should you have any queries relating to the role for which you are applying. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via an email as soon as possible after the closing date. Should you receive an invitation to attend interview, please confirm or decline your attendance. Interview slots will then be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

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