Scheduling Officer

Applications are invited for the position of Radiotherapy Scheduling Officer within the Radiotherapy service. The post holder will be responsible for receiving referrals and scheduling patient appointments for in-patient and out-patient radiotherapy for cancer treatment.

You will join a team of 5 schedulers who work within the wider radiotherapy team of over 150 staff consisting of therapeutic radiographers, oncologists, dosimetrists and technologists.

The postholder will be a reliable, hardworking, enthusiastic and caring individual who is able to demonstrate initiative with good organisational and communication skills. The ability to integrate well with the existing teams and a genuine desire to contribute to providing a quality service to patients is essential.

• Interview Date Monday, 23 September 2024


• 37 Hours 30 Minutes per a week


• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy., To receive referrals and schedule patients for in-patient and out-patient radiotherapy for cancer.


• To appropriately book appointments for the radiotherapy treatment pathway.


• To contact patients by telephone or letter


• To manage rescheduling requests as directed by the Scheduling Team Lead.
  
  The Northern Centre for Cancer Care is one of the country's leading cancer treatment facilities located in a purpose built centre at Freeman Hospital. The radiotherapy service is a busy out patient service covering the North East offering treatment to around 6,000 new patients per year., Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.


We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.