Job summary
- Main area
- Patient Access
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 218-AC-B3-7799081
- Employer
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/03/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/03/2026
Employer heading
Senior Administration Officer, RTT
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
The post holder will be joining our Performance & Informatics (P&I) department who are well respected and the largest of our corporate services. The P&I portfolio encompasses Business Intelligence & Informatics, Information Systems Development, Clinical Coding, Data Quality, Patient Access and Cancer Services.
P&I work cross functionally to support our Trust’s operational delivery of both national and internal targets which ensures the highest standards of patient care are delivered. A robust Performance Management Framework is embedded across UHCW that tracks and evaluates progress and supports both operational and clinical governance frameworks.
New opportunities at a national level are being developed by P&I in areas of health inequality, waiting list management and system working. Most notably working innovatively to develop the ‘Health Equity and the Right to Treatment’ (HEARTT) tool which culminated in being awarded the ‘Innovation and Improvement in Reducing Healthcare Inequalities Award’ at the prestigious Health Service Journal Awards in 2022.
Please be advised that sponsorship is not eligible for this post.
Please be advised that the interviews for this post will take place on 12/03/2026. Please note that this is subject to change, based on panel and venue availability.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
Main duties of the job
- Using Trust reports, hospital systems and patient notes and in line with the Patient Access policy and RTT rules, daily validation of patients referral to treatment pathway's. (Daily validation of patient pathways identified on Trust reports by using the hospital systems and patient notes in line with the Patient Access Policy and RTT rules).
- Daily validation of common user errors, including investigating cause of error, understanding complex pathways for multiple specialties and escalating to line manager for resolution.
- To ensure, wherever possible, that all RTT processes are up-to-date, in an orderly fashion and available whenever decisions are being made, reporting exceptional circumstances where necessary. This will require: effective collaboration with all relevant personnel to maintain an efficient administrative system; prompt transcription; manipulation and distribution of appropriate correspondence.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Involved in routine validation of 18 week pathways to ensure pathways are accurate at all times.
- Support their line manager in monitoring of 18 week targets.
- Exercise independent judgement and initiative when problems arise, taking the necessary actions to resolve the problems or escalating potential issues/problems in relation to RTT weeks to management team.
- Share ideas for potential service improvement.
- Undertake appropriate training with new and existing staff ensuring standards of practice are maintained at all times.
- Ensure that all enquiries are dealt with in a professional manner within appropriate timescales and in line with Dept and Trust guidelines, policies and procedures.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
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Experience
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Knowledge
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Skills
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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
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Application numbers
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Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Parul Mistry
- Job title
- Administration Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02476 96 8522
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