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Job summary

Main area
General Medicine
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (25 hours per week)
Hours
Part time - 25 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
151-KMU282
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Frimley Park Hospital
Town
Frimley
Salary
£26,240 - £27,928 per annum incl HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Outpatients Bookings Officer - General Medicine

Band 3

Job overview

Outpatient Appointments Coordinator
Location: Frimley
Contract: 12 month fixed term - part time role 25 hours per week

We are seeking a dedicated and well-organised individual to join the Medicine Directorate as an Outpatient Appointments Coordinator. This key role involves managing and booking outpatient appointments across multiple Trust sites for a range of specialties.

As the first point of contact for many patients, you will play a vital part in supporting clinical teams and ensuring the smooth running of outpatient services. Your responsibilities will include coordinating appointments to help meet Trust performance targets, while maintaining a high standard of service for patients and liaising professionally with internal and external stakeholders.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone with strong administrative and communication skills who thrives in a busy healthcare environment and is committed to contributing to the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role will be:

  • Arranging appointments over the telephone with patients
  • Booking patient appointments from waiting lists
  • Rescheduling and cancelling appointments at short notice, when required
  • Rescheduling of appointments due to annual leave/other commitments 
  • Liaising with clinical admin

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE english & Maths or equivalent
  • ECDL or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ level 2 administration or equivalent practical knowledge

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in a hospital or busy office environment
  • Significant experience in difficult patient situations.
  • Some customer care experience
Desirable criteria
  • NHS experience
  • Call centre experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills both verbal and in writing
  • Demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy when completing tasks
  • Excellent IT/microsoft office skills
  • Excellent customer service skills and evidence of dealing with telephones and meeting targets.
  • Logical thinker, able to reason, analyse situations effectively and deal with a multitude of queries
  • Ability to prioritise workload
Desirable criteria
  • Good knowledge of NHS targets
  • Knowledge of clinical and surgical procedures

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerWe Work Flexibly

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. We would advise that you complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kimberley Freeland
Job title
Patient Pathway Co-ordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07523673789
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