Job summary
- Main area
- Urology
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm)
- Job ref
- 290-SCCS-2191
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- Hammersmith
- Salary
- £30,546 - £32,207 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Diagnostic Coordinator
Band 3
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated Pathway Administrator to join the Urology Team at Charing Cross Hospital. The post holder will support the Urological Cancers Service, with responsibility for coordinating and managing diagnostic appointments across high-volume bladder and renal pathways.
Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will ensure patients progress smoothly through their pathway in line with national cancer and Referral to Treatment (RTT) standards. The role involves liaising with clinicians, CNS teams, diagnostic services and administrative colleagues to deliver a high-quality, patient-centred service.
You must be highly organised, able to prioritise effectively, and confident working in a busy environment. Excellent communication skills are essential, as you will interact with patients and staff across multiple disciplines.
Knowledge of RTT, DM01 diagnostic standards and the Two Week Wait pathway would be advantageous.
Main duties of the job
- Managing outpatient Flexible Cystoscopy appointments, a high volume Urology diagnostic procedure. The Flexible Cystoscopy clinics form an essential part of the Haematuria 2WW pathway as well as qualifying as a DM01 reportable diagnostic.
- Scheduling Urology Outpatient procedures including Transurethral Laser Ablation for cancer and stent removal.
- Updating the manual Urology diagnostic PTL
- Responding to patient queries by telephone and email
- Responding effectively to queries from patients and other external parties in line with Trust values, contributing to a positive patient experience.
- Providing administrative support to the relevant clinical teams ensuring the patient's journey is managed efficiently in accordance with referral to treatment targets and agreed timescales.
- Ensuring that letters and other relevant documentation reach appropriate people, including patients and other healthcare professionals, within agreed timeframes and that all correspondence is appropriately recorded on the Trust's patient administration system.
- To receive and respond to all telephone and email enquiries from patients, carers and external parties in a polite and professional manner, ensuring that accurate records are maintained and appropriate action is taken in a timely manner, escalating more complex queries to the relevant member of the team.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Medical terminology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Administrative experience
- Basic IT literacy
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS administrative experience
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Competent use of IT systems and ability to learn
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of issues relating to confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Cerner and / or DictateIT
- Competent with Microsoft Office programs
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
- Charlotte O'Sullivan
- Job title
- Service Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02033111836
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