Endoscopy Waiting List Clerk

An opportunity has arisen at Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust to join the well established Booking Team within the Endoscopy department. We are looking for a Full time Endoscopy Waiting List Clerk based at Dewsbury Hospital working Monday to Friday 9.00- 17.00

You will work within the Endoscopy Booking team based at Dewsbury & District Hospital within the Endoscopy Booking Team

Main duties of the job

To be a member of a professional team that provides comprehensive, high quality endoscopy waiting list management services for the Mid Yorkshire Teaching trust

To manage a number of waiting lists within Endoscopy Trustwide in accordance with Government Access Standards, NHS Constitution and Trusts Patient Access Policy ensuring efficient and effective use of theatre and procedure sessions.

Exercise initiative and use independent judgement, knowledge and analysis to book patients, dependent on their individual clinical needs, their complexity and the appropriate case mix. Work in a demanding and sometimes hostile environment dealing with complex and sensitive information on a daily basis.

Provide an information and communication link between the patient and their elective admission to hospital.

Responsible for decision-making with situations arising from the duties and responsibilities described below to ensure an effective, organised, comprehensive and efficient, high quality patient centred clerical service.

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.