Patient Access Coordinator - London, United Kingdom - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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An exciting opportunity has become available in the Specialist Ambulatory Services at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), and we are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, skilled and motivated individual to join our team.

This full-time post involves working as a Patient Access Coordinator for the Paediatric Dermatology, Genetics, Womens and Cutaneous Infection working within the wider SAS admin team.

Patient Access Coordinator:

The Patient Access Coordinator will be the first point of contact for patients and service users providing in-depth knowledge of outpatient and inpatient scheduling procedures for their speciality.

The Patient Access Co-ordinator will liaise closely with the clinical team and speciality management teams to ensure patients receive timely and appropriate appointments according to their care pathway.

Depending on the requirements of the speciality, the post holder will need to cover the service on a rotation during operational hours, providing clinic reception cover, scheduling functions, general administrative support and telephone cover for their speciality.

This will ensure that, at every contact with the Trust, patients can speak to staff who understand their scheduling needs and that clinical teams are always supported by knowledgeable administrative staff.

Associate Medical Secretary:

Responsible for providing efficient, high-quality secretarial support to one or more consultants and clinical teams within the department under the line management of the Medical Secretary Team Lead.

This will include ensuring that all daily secretarial tasks are undertaken, assisting with the organisation of the consultants' workload and communicating appointments and admission-related information to patients/carers in a friendly and reassuring way.

The St John's Institute of Dermatology provides a wide range of multidisciplinary specialist clinics as well as general dermatology services.

Formerly a post graduate teaching hospital it is now fully integrated into the Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Guy's and St Thomas' School of Medicine (GKT) of King's College London (KCL).

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John's Institute of Dermatology contributes to GKT research activities as part of the Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, GKT Medical School, King's College London and provides an annual MSc postgraduate course.

Cutaneous medicine is also one of seven designated themes which form a core component of the Biomedical Research Centre at GSTT and KCL.

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 documents please view the attachment/s below.