Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (maternity cover from July 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 309-UCLH-6516
- Employer
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- UCLH
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £35,964 - £43,780 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
RTT Administration Team Leader
NHS AfC: Band 5
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and focused individual to join the GI Services Division.
The role is responsible for the careful management of the surgical pathways. You will undertake a key role in a busy and demanding elective service, ensuring we deliver on a range of targets including theatre utilisation, RTT compliance and waiting list management.
The ideal candidate will have a patient centred approach and experience of working within a busy NHS team, with values that are aligned with the Trust’s core values.
The RTT Team Leader will actively manage the RTT and Validation processes attached to patient pathways, ensuring a smooth and efficient service for both the multidisciplinary team and patients, in order to deliver a high quality administration service, a positive patient experience, and excellent customer service.
The Validation team are responsible for ensuring that the timeline data for patients on the waiting lists (RTT and non RTT, Planned and open referrals) is accurate and appropriately reflects the patients' current position on the pathway.
This role requires liaison with colleagues across the Trust from all disciplines and supports excellent clinical service to the patients. The post holder will have a good working knowledge and understanding of the Trust's Patient Access Policy, the 18 week RTT National Standards & the national Cancer rules.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for overseeing a team of RTT Validators who are undertaking appropriate validation to ensure that the Referral to Treatment Time is accurately recorded.
You will work closely with your colleagues, with a view to providing a streamlined pathway for patients in the service. You will be the patient point of contact for the full pathway from referral to treatment. You will be located at 250 Euston Road and will be expected to a hybrid model (on site and at home).
You will be a team player with excellent communication skills and a drive and energy to improve the patient experience. Knowledge of 18 week pathways, and previous admissions or pathway coordination experience would be advantageous.
You will work closely with your colleagues, with a view to providing a streamlined pathway for patients in the service. You will be the patient point of contact for the full pathway from referral to treatment. You will be located at 250 Euston Road and will be expected to a hybrid model (on site and at home).
Deal with stressful situations that may arise when dealing with patients who are anxious or distressed, or where there are barriers to understanding, using tact, diplomacy and empathy at all times and in line with Trust values.
Use developed communication skills in order to deal with patient concerns or complaints with empathy and understanding, finding a solution that assures the patient.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
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University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
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National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
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Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
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University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
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Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
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University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
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The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
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University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In addition to RTT and validation responsibilities, the post holder will also support the operational management of the wider GI Surgery Service. This includes assisting with day-to-day service delivery, contributing to the resolution of operational issues, and providing cross-cover and support across other areas within the division. For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Person specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Expert knowledge of the full range of administrative procedures, acquired through degree or equivalent training and previous experience of working in an administrative environment
- Knowledge and experience of information systems used for the storage and retrieval of sensitive personal information
- Awareness of the requirement to maintain confidentiality, and knowledge of the Data Protection Act
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a non- routine environment, with demonstrable evidence of problem solving and resolving issues as they arise
- Experience of supervising a team of staff or experience of project management and change methodology
- Hold a broad understanding and knowledge of RTT rules and Cancer targets
- Previous NHS experience, or experience of working in a Health Care setting
Personal and People Development
Essential criteria
- Able to work independently, managing own workload and allocating work appropriately to others. Able to induct new staff into the department, providing training to new colleagues.
- Able to supervise a team of colleagues, providing day to day management and support, including delegating tasks and work allocation.
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
- Sandeep Bharkar
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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