Job summary
- Main area
- Child Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (1 year fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9am-5pm)
- Job ref
- 213-Division-A-7519288
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Denmark Hill
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £33,094 - £36,195 per annum, including high cost area
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Patient Pathway Coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 4
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Job overview
The Patient Pathway Coordinator will work as part of an administrative team, to support the multidisciplinary clinical and administrative teams to provide a high quality administration service, a positive patient experience and the highest levels of customer service.
It is essential for the role to demonstrate an excellent understanding of the 18-week RTT process and knowledge of the Trust’s Access Policy: an agreement to adhere to these policies according to National Trust Guidelines. Understanding of the 2WW cancer pathway and processes, where appropriate.
To monitor and review patient care and/or treatment progress using the Patient Tracking List in line with Trust and local policies. To identify from the tracking list the next steps in the patient care pathway in line with clinical need. To ensure that pathways are actively managed and any appointments are made in line with the Trust’s Access Policy.
Furthermore the post holder should develop an understanding of the milestones of the allocated pathway for patients within a designated group. Plus, identify and suggest improvements that can be made to the patient care pathway and/or the patient pathway tracking process.
Main duties of the job
- Communication and Patient Liaison
- Coordinating Patient Care
- Supporting Clinical Teams
- Data Management, Data Quality and Systems Responsibilities
- General Responsibilities
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Communicate clearly, effectively and compassionately with the multidisciplinary team, patients and their family, visitors or carers, in line with the Trust’s values. Manage and answer telephone calls related to the service in a courteous and prompt manner, taking telephone messages and passing on written or verbal information to patients. Resolve simple queries, using judgement to determine when to pass the caller on to a member of the clinical team. Act as a point of contact for the department or specialty, dealing with queries from stakeholders and passing on relevant information to appropriate team members as required. Receive and respond to patient e-mail queries, monitoring, managing and triaging email. Plus managing the physical post and ‘In-Basket’. Escalate more complex queries, providing reassurance, an expected response time, and further contact details as appropriate. Sending no contact letters, ad hoc letters completed by the consultant which are generated to insurance companies etc. which are a to whom it may concern. PTL monitoring / updating to ensure RTT pathways are correct and Access Policy. Plus proactively find resolutions to improve the speed of treatment by working directly with clinicians and managers with any escalation of breaches as required. Responsible for booking of patient’s appointments, diagnostics and inpatient stays, throughout their patient pathway. Corresponding with patients, practices and internal staff. Conduct reminder calls to patients, rearranging appointments where necessary in-order to prevent non-attendances. Management of patient correspondence via text reminder services. Responsible for checking all patients are accurately placed on the waiting list on the Epic system. Responsible for accessing appointment booking systems for all routine pre-operative assessments, diagnostics and their associated outcomes.
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Person specification
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a administrative environment
- Prior experience in healthcare Administration, medical office, or scheduling roles
- Strong computer skills, including familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of patient access targets, proficiency in EPIC, patient tracking and work-queues
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Ability to deal with sensitive information with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team (Team Player)
- Clear & effective communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to work independently, to manage and prioritise own workload.
- Ability to work independently and work as part of a team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Meliz Anderson
- Job title
- Assistant Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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