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Job summary

Main area
Private care
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
282-P1916
Employer
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Royal Marsden Chelsea
Town
Chelsea
Salary
£34,186 - £37,389 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/10/2026 23:59

Employer heading

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust logo

Embassy Patients Coordinator

NHS AfC: Band 4

Job overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Arabic-speaking Administrator to join our International Patients Team on a full-time, on-site basis.

As part of a dedicated team, you will play a key role in delivering an exceptional service to international patients and their sponsors by supporting the patient journey from initial enquiry through to treatment and hospital admission.

You will work closely with consultants, clinical teams, and support services to ensure a seamless and positive experience for patients throughout their pathway.

The Royal Marsden has an international reputation for providing world-class cancer care. This role combines both office-based administrative responsibilities and face-to-face patient support, requiring excellent communication, organisational, and customer service skills.

The ideal candidate will have excellent Arabic and English communication skills, a professional telephone manner, strong organisational abilities, and a commitment to delivering outstanding patient-focused service in a busy and rewarding environment.

 

Main duties of the job

The successful post holder will be responsible for:

  • Acting as a first point of contact for international patients, sponsors, and healthcare professionals via telephone, email, and in person.
  • Managing appointments, patient bookings, and administrative processes efficiently and accurately.
  • Providing face-to-face support to patients and visitors, assisting with enquiries, and ensuring a welcoming experience.
  • Liaising closely with consultants, clinical teams, embassies, sponsors, and internal departments to coordinate patient care and appointments.
  • Responding to queries and resolving issues in a professional, timely, and compassionate manner.
  • Ensure that patients consistently receive their medical reports, Laboratory test results and imaging reports and Cd’s in a timely manner.
  • Handling complaints sensitively and ensuring concerns are managed and escalated appropriately where required.
  • Maintaining accurate records and ensuring all administrative tasks are completed to a high standard and within agreed timescales.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification
 

Coordination of International Centre Team  

To manage and act as the main point of contact for enquires from prospective 
patients, clinical teams, embassies, and relatives and to act as a call coordinator for 
the International Centre.

• Prepare the clinic list every morning and send it to the Arabic Advocates team 
to be aware of the activities on the day.  
• Action the radiotherapy morning list. 
• Filter and action the mornings patients’ daily list which is provided by the LOG 
Team as a priority task first in the morning, as the list contains updated 
information regarding log status, add on and cancelled appointments on the 
day at a short notice. 
• Filter any urgent list provided by the LOG Team in the afternoon and in the 
evening.  
• Place CD requests and communicate with the PACS and collect the CD once 
it’s ready. Make sure that the CD is signed for by the patient or their escort on 
collection and store the sign off sheet for reference. 
• Place Histopathology requests and communicate with the laboratory and 
collect the blocks/slides from the lab once they are ready. Make sure that the 
Histopathology is signed for by the patient or their escort on collection and 
store the sign off sheet for reference. 
• Prepare the final medical folder for the patient by the end of their treatment 
journey and coordinate with couriers occasionally for the purpose of 
collection.  
• Facilitate to connect patients with the Hospital Macmillan Hotline. 
• Obtaining prescriptions from the Stoma department and update patient and 
sponsor accordingly.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria
  • Fluent in written and spoken Arabic
  • Educated to A-level or equivalent
  • Competent user of Microsoft Office

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in an environment providing direct customer service
  • Appreciation of customer attitudes and expectations from diverse backgrounds
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working within a hospital or medical setting

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Highly organized; with strong time management skills and the ability to work independently, with minimum supervision
  • Ability to communicate sensitively and courteously with patients and their families
  • A tactful, diplomatic and empathetic attitude
  • Professional outlook and presentable smart appearance

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to speak Arabic fluently
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Experience of effective team working
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of NHS and private health care systems

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work independently of supervision, on own initiative
  • Ability to work in a pressured environment

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mourad Djouimai
Job title
International Patient relations Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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