Patient Scheduling Coordinator
Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
The closing date is 15 May 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team on the Chatsfield Suite. We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic, team player who is passionate about providing high quality care.
Chatsfield Suite is Doncaster and Bassetlaw's Haemato‑oncology day unit. We provide individualised holistic patient care in a nurse‑led environment. The treatments offered include pre SACT investigations, supportive treatments including blood transfusions, IV fluids, venesections, and IVIGs as well as systemic anti‑cancer therapies.
Chatsfield Suite is an exciting area to work in with an ever‑evolving range of treatments offered.
Main duties of the job
This role is a hybrid one that consists of coordinator and healthcare responsibilities.
As coordinator you will pick up both oncology and haematology patient referrals, allocate a treatment date and pre SACT investigations and liaise with the relevant team to notify. The coordinator is pivotal in ensuring patient flow and organisation.
Other responsibilities include assistance with ADL’s, venepuncture, cannulation, clinical observations, and applying scalp cooling hats.
As coordinator you will act as a bridge between the patient and MDT both in the trust and across the cancer network. You will receive referrals for treatment via email and through the online prescribing system, allocate treatment, allocate pre SACT investigations, supportive care and communicate with the relevant clinical teams. The coordinator helps to control patient flow and taking telephone enquiries.
Clinically you will assist patients with their ADL’s, venepuncture, cannulation, venesection and scalp cooling.
About us
DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. We offer a range of benefits to support our people including extensive learning opportunities, NHS Pension Scheme, generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions, comprehensive health and wellbeing support, NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme, discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully. Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.
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Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
* Minimum of 1 year’s experience working in a healthcare setting.
* Understanding of hospital computer systems Camis, Intouch systems.
* Experience with oncology and haematology patients.
* Experience with blood transfusion patients.
* Exposure to chemotherapy regimes for Haematology and Oncology patients.
* Providing education and support to peers.
* Experience with working within the Cancer Network.
Qualifications & Training
* NVQ Level 3 or desire to obtain.
* Basic literacy and numeracy skills required.
Personal Attributes & Skills
* Maintain confidentiality at all times in respect of the Data Protection Act (1998).
* Employ tact and patience when dealing with difficult situations remaining polite and understanding at all times.
* Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Be interested and committed to caring for people from any culture and environmental background or illness.
* Highly developed organisational/time management skills.
* Ability to work proactively and adapt within a constantly changing working environment.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
£25,760 to £27,476 a year Pro Rata Per Annum
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