Job overview
The Cardiovascular CAG is offering an exciting opportunity to join the Barts Heart Centre’s Patient Care Coordinator team. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who will be responsible for the active management of patients’ pathways, with responsibility for the efficient and effective delivery of a high performing and dedicated service.
Clinicians from Barts Health NHS Trust, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and further afield are working together to create a single specialist centre for cardiovascular disease to cover all our local communities. You will be joining us at an incredibly exciting time, as we realise a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve services for patients and secure them for future generations in creating a world class cardiovascular service.
Our brand new state of the art cardiovascular centre – Barts Heart Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital opened in May 2015. The new service allows us to bring together our existing unique experience and research activity. We are able to increase our understanding of and ability to address the root causes of cardiovascular diseases by growing the number of patients who get the chance to take part in clinical trials and research.
Your expertise, your experience and your vision will be our building blocks to success. By becoming part of the team you can work with us sharing your unique talents and strengths though which the foundations of this new centre will be built.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this post is to actively manage the administrative processes of patient pathways, ensuring a smooth and efficient service for patients throughout their treatment by the Trust. Ensuring that all pathways are front validated at all stages of the pathway.
Actively chasing results in order to reduce treatment length of time.
Also to participate in providing an effective administration/typing service to the multidisciplinary team.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Minimum of 3 years administration/ medical secretarial/ pathway experience or equivalent non NHS
Skills
Essential criteria
2. Keyboard skills to access and input to data systems; Competent in Microsoft Office products
3. Competence with a range of IT packages, e.g. CRS and EPR
4. Understanding of Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information Act
Desirable criteria
5. Ability to use information to monitor processes, plan and initiate action
6. Audio Typing
Knowledge
Essential criteria
7. A good level of medical terminology acquired through education, training or work experience
8. ECDL or equivalent experience ie experience of a range of IT packages such as word
9. Knowledge of 18 week pathways
Desirable criteria
10. Education/ Requirements Supervisory or office management skills equivalent to certificate level
11. Experience in front validating
Qualifications
Essential criteria
12. GCSE A Level or equivalent standard of education
**Visa Sponsorship Information**
Recent changes to UK immigration policy on the Health and Care Visa and Skilled Worker Visa could mean that this role is not eligible for sponsorship or that you may not meet the eligibility criteria.
Sponsorship can only be offered if this post and any individual offered employment meet all the Home Office’s requirements under the UK Skilled Worker visa scheme.
If you are applying from outside the UK or will require sponsorship, please mention this clearly in your application.
To be eligible for sponsorship, the following conditions must be met:
13. Eligible role: The position must be on the UK Skilled Worker visa list. You can check your eligibility here: -.
14. Salary threshold: The role must meet the minimum salary set by the Home Office. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.
15. Skill level: The role must meet the minimum skill requirement of RQF Level 6 or above (graduate level).
16. English language: Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency at CEFR level B1 or higher.
17. Other criteria: Applicants must meet all other criteria as set out by the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)