Pathway Administrator

Pathway Administrator The closing date is 20 January 2026 We are seeking to appoint a Patient Pathway Administrator to join our Paediatric Rheumatology team at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital. This post is crucial to the ongoing development of the services and would suit a candidate who has excellent organisational and communication skills. You will be expected to liaise with staff and colleagues at all levels. You should have the ability to prioritise and manage your own workload to tight deadlines. You will need to demonstrate initiative and flexibility in your approach and be able to work in a pressurised and busy environment. Knowledge of the Trust's Electronic Patient Record System (EPR) and knowledge of elective access standards would be an advantage but not essential as training will be given. Responsibilities To attend to patients, colleagues and referrers to the service, both in person and on the telephone, promptly and courteously at all times and be a worthy front-line representative of the high quality service. To provide an efficient and effective clinical administration service to the department, consultants and designated medical staff. Be first point of contact for the consultants and clinical teams. Coordinate the workflows through the admin team to ensure consistency across the service. To work within an administrative team dedicated to quality and effective patient care and maintaining Trust policy on patient confidentiality. To work according to the administrative processes in place to support the delivery of Trust and national targets, especially with regards to the 18-week pathway. Designated point of contact for the consultants and clinic teams. To have an overview of all workflows in the admin team and to be responsible for consistency across the service. To make sure robust processes are in place to provide an excellent cohesive service to both patients and colleagues. To work closely with each member of the admin team to understand their role and support them. Coordinate cover in times of leave and sick to ensure service continuity. To escape potential issues to the Administration Manager. To deal proactively and efficiently with telephone enquiries from patients, carers, GPs and other service users professionally, ensuring, where possible, that the callers needs are met or they are transferred to the most appropriate person. To understand the patient pathway and be responsible for managing follow up appointments and any other administration to ensure that patients are tracked effectively through their 18-week pathway. To oversee the booking of clinic appointments for new patients through the Choose and Book directly bookable system, and liaise effectively with the Deputy Administration Manager with regardsto capacity issues. To manage all correspondence, and to ensure that urgent matters are dealt with properly. Taking appropriate action and ensuring that any paperwork is scanned promptly onto the patients electronicnotes and forwarded to the appropriate person electronically so they can respond accordingly. Deal with outgoing mail with due care and attention to patient confidentiality. To oversee the transcription of clinic letters, general correspondence, reports, etc. using the digital dictation system and ensuring that all clinic letters are checked, any errors rectified, and are printed and despatched within identified deadlines. To ensure that all patient referrals received into the department are dealt with according to Trust processes, efficiently and effectively in a timely manner; that all details are registered and the referral letters are scanned promptly into the patients electronic notes. To regularly check future clinics, ensuring cover is agreed with the medical team, and under or overbooking issues are proactively dealt with. To obtain the necessary diagnostic tests/hospital notes needed for clinics, as required. To understand the complaints procedure and use initiative to resolve complaints from patients and other individuals as far as possible. Be able to understand when to scale concerns and facilitate formal response by Consultants. About us Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles. Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism. Person Specification Education/Qualifications Good general level of education (e.g. 5 GCSEs/BTEC grade C or above or equivalent) including Maths & English IT Qualifications/EPR Trained Experience Relevant administrative experience with up to date experience of MS Office Previous experience within NHS/public sector 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 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust #J-18808-Ljbffr