Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 269-SFT9197
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Patient Pathway Coordinator
Band 3
Job overview
The Oncology team has a new and exciting opportunity available for someone with the appropriate skills and experience to join our friendly, fast paced and proactive service. This is a varied and interesting role within a friendly department. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the provision of the highest standards of patient care.
You will have excellent communication skills and will have a flexible approach to working within the team. Responding effectively to enquiries from the general public, service users and other colleagues.
This role is varied and busy and we are looking for a forward thinker, who can adapt to change and be responsive in supporting the administrative needs of the clinicians within the department.
You will be educated to GCSE English and Maths A-C or equivalent, be computer literate and able to type at a good pace and accurately.
Main duties of the job
To support the Chemotherapy Schedulers with outpatient clinic management in order to facilitate pre-treatment Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies (SACT) appointments, including rebooking appointments when treatment is clinically delayed.
To produce clinical letters and documents using Electronic Patient Records, arrange appointments and collect/collate investigations.
Liaising with Nurses, Doctors and other members of the multidisciplinary team including Inpatient/Outpatient Bookings teams and the Pembroke Suite to provide a quality service for the patients.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE grade C or above in English and Maths, or equivalent qualification.
Desirable criteria
- RSA grade II or equivalent touch-typing skills.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive IT skills with knowledge of Microsoft packages, including Outlook diary management.
- Evidence of high-level office administration skills with experience of developing and maintaining robust office procedures.
- Accurate word processing skills.
- Administrative experience in a busy, customer focused environment.
- Flexible approach to working and willingness to support/cover other teams when/if required.
Desirable criteria
- Familiar with trust systems i.e. Lorenzo, Big Hand, Review, etc.
- Recent NHS experience.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills and ability to develop working relationships with the various speciality teams and stakeholders.
- Maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues and other health care professionals both internally and externally.
- Analytical and judgement skills – ability to review data and highlight potential problems to management team, along with potential solutions.
- Able to use own initiative within parameters set by Line Manager, and delegate and make decisions as appropriate.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of high-level office administration skills with experience of developing and maintaining robust office procedures.
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
- Joshua Adams
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722 336262
- Additional information
01722 336262 ext. 5068
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