Overview
The post holder will work as part of the Inpatient Booking Team ensuring that theatre lists are planned in accordance with agreed service guidelines and in line with National Waiting times and Clinical targets. The post holder will be expected to liaise directly with Medical Staff, colleagues from theatres and patients to agree admission dates, arrange Pre Operative Assessment and ensure that there is bed capacity in order to provide a seamless journey for the patient.
Responsibilities
* Plan and prioritise workload using their own initiative within agreed Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures to support decision making.
* Operate and maintain an efficient and effective planning service for in-patient or day case surgery booking, ensuring clinical priorities are recorded in the PAS system and that patients are planned for surgery using the appropriate in-patient waiting list available on the SQL reporting system to align with clinical priority (urgent or cancer patients) followed by routine patients by longest wait in line within the National 18 week referral to treatment target.
* Ensure planned lists are agreed with Surgeons when appropriate to ensure the patient list order is correct, taking into account allergies, alerts and pre operative assessment status.
* Arrange pre operative assessments for patients ensuring this is completed in a timely manner to achieve maximum optimisation.
The post holder will be expected to provide an efficient and effective in-patient booking service for the Trust, working within the Patient Access, Theatre, Anaesthetics and Critical Care Centre.
This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Sep 2025.
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