Operational Co-ordinator - Urology and Vascular

Have you got the determination and desire to make a real difference to the lives of people in East Suffolk and North Essex?Urology and Vascular are looking for an Operational Co-ordinator to join the team.

Working at Colchester Hospital, this is an opportunity to play an integral part in future service developments. This opportunity will allow you to play a major role in the continuing development of service delivery for the benefit of our patients where care and compassion are central to everything we do. You will have the opportunity to further develop your operational and management skills in a supportive and innovative atmosphere, including bed management and business management.

This is your chance to become a key part of a large, innovative and forward thinking organisation.

You must be a 'team player' working in a way that encourages high performance from other staff, with the aim of maintaining efficiency within the department. We are looking for a confident and enthusiastic individual for this position.

Main duties of the job

You will be the first point of contact for escalation within the team as well as the management of the patient tracking list and clinical rotas,

You will manage the administrative team within Urology and Vascular, supporting them to move patients through their treatment pathways within appropriate timescales.

You will encourage high performance from staff, with the aim to maintain a high quality comprehensive administrative service.

You will work alongside the service manager and an engaged team of dedicated healthcare professionals in a fast pace and challenging environment to ensure a high quality service is provided to our patients.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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