Job Description:

Job information Patient Access Administrator from the Company The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, this latest Patient Access Administrator job vacancy is located in the city Northwood HA located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Patient field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Ensure that all appointments are booked in line with the current Patient Access Policy and booking criteria.- To take on specialised responsibility for multiple specialities on a rotational basis- To answer all written and telephone queries, and resolution within specified timescales, recording and reporting the query details on PAS and response times will be part of this role.- Deal with patients in a mature manner when speaking to them on the phone or via emails. This may sometimes involve dealing with distressed patients and a sensitive and reassuring approach is required in difficult situations as per trust CARES values; and to include detailedunderstanding of the principles of patient confidentiality, data protection and safeguarding.- To highlight referrals that require urgent attention and deal with them properly. This can sometimes involve discussions with the clinical teams directly to arrange where the patient needs to be booked. This also involves rapidly highlighting capacity concerns in the urgent and two week rule (2WW) / suspected cancer pathways to ensure patients are seen accordingto clinical priority and also that the trust achieves the national cancer targets.- Act as a single point of contact to GP practices and referrers - to communicate various agreed work procedures, guiding and advising the GP Practice on most appropriate referral route, and communicate the clinically returned/rejected referrals- To proactively manage the Outpatient Wait List to- Ensure the referrals are registered in the order of receipt and within timescales specified- Ensure the vetting SLA is being met- To proactively record, analyse and report on Outpatient Demand vs Capacity figures (paper and eReferral Service) to ensure all capacity issues are highlighted to Service managerswithin the timescales agreed- To analyse and action the reports of the appointment reminder system- To manage and escalate capacity issues of Appointment Slot issues + Appointments for Booking worklists, delays with Referrals for Bookings worklist on NHS eReferral Service.- To respond to and guide the team with complicated queries- To run the Short Notice patients lists for respective specialities and manage their bookings to improve clinic utilisation- To coordinate and maintain communication within and outside of the team, liaise directly with the RTT Validation Team, Service Managers, and where appropriate, the Clinicians.- To work independently to defined policies and procedures, managing own workload, record and solve issues. Escalate complex issues and share ideas / suggestions to the Coordinator and Deputy Head of Patient Access Please review the full Job Description attached

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Closed Date : 2025-04-02