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Job summary

Main area
Admin and Clerical
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref
407-SURGERY-7377693
Employer
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust
Town
Walsall
Salary
£27,485 - £30,162 Per anum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Access Team Leader Outpatients

NHS AfC: Band 4

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021

We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.

We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce

Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement. 

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment

We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
 
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at COVID-19 Vaccination | How to access your vaccine in the Black Country and West Birmingham (blackcountryandwestbirmccg.nhs.uk) where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
 

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant.  The Trust currently holds the Bronze Award which underlines the Trust’s commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community.  As an organisation, we are aiming to achieve the next level Silver award, with our sights firmly on Gold.

 

 RESPECT - COMPASSION - TEAMWORK - PROFESSIONALISM

 


 

Job overview

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of variety of booking schedules for a centralised service, working collaboratively with all divisions to ensure all nation targets and departmental KPI's are delivered.

The post holder will carry out their duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation of the work.  supporting the organisation in achieving the vision of excellence in everything we do by promoting equal opportunities, fairness, quality and inclusion through best practice, working, monitoring, training and evaluation.

PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.

Main duties of the job

To operationally lead Department’s departmental/division’s systems: recruitment and selection, staffing Admin team.

  • Responsibility for daily management of staff ensuring effective administrative running of the service in terms of both systems and equipment: implementation and maintenance of office/related issues. Ensuring delivery of service.
  • Using initiative to ensure patients are booked in line with local and national access targets.
  • To work in the Access Team environment supporting the Elective Access manager to provide a professional efficient and effective centralised booking service for a variety of Outpatient/inpatient schedules, ensuring KPI’s are maintained

  • Complete daily reviews of booking utilisation across the three divisions and ensure they are in line with trust expectations and standards.
    • To identify where capacity cannot be utilised and escalate as appropriate.

     

    • Maintain and update reports within the department.

     

 

  • To undertake IPDR and 121 sessions within the access Team.

Working for our organisation

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Ensure staffing levels are maintained to provide continued service delivery with the team.to enable all daily business can be completed and KPI’s are maintained.

Monitor and maintain booking utilisation

IPDR's

See full job description

 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Minimum 2 GCSE

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Customer care or NHS administration role

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Use of IT applications

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Armed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardArmed Forces Covenant

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

Please note this vacancy may close early due to high volume of applications

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jayne Harris
Job title
Elective Access Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01922 721172
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