Straight to Test Coordinator (Vascular Surgery)

The Trust is pleased to have been awarded 12 months NHS England funding to support the development and coordination of a Straight to Test (STT) pathway within Vascular Surgery. This pathway will support patients in progressing from referral to treatment more quickly, and will improve efficiency within the service. The post holder will be expected to undertake a wide range of duties to support the clinical and management team on the strategic and operational implementation of STT within Vascular. The role will be required to work across both the L&D and Bedford Hospital sites utilising knowledge of outpatient pathways and/or Vascular Surgery to implement a custom-made STT pathway for vascular patients. The post holder will be instrumental in the smooth running of the strategic and transformational plans in relation to the administrative elements of the Vascular Transition Planning Programme with STT being a key element of the future pathway design of Vascular Surgery.Main duties of the job

• To work alongside the Service Manager and Transition Planning Group to coordinate cross-site STT development within the Vascular Service. This will involve project plan development, minute taking of meetings, action log coordination, capacity and space utilisation data analysis, patient and staff engagement and administrative support provision. This will require the post holder to use knowledge of NHS processes (and Vascular knowledge if held) to engage with relevant stakeholders within the organisation and partner organisations.
• To work alongside the Outpatients Department, Imaging teams and Vascular Service Manager to facilitate sharing of best practice between Bedford and L&D Hospitals, ensuring templates are developed and systems / information is integrated effectively. The post holder will be required to utilise persuasion and influencing skills to ensure that all parties are agreed on the principles of STT within vascular and are motivated to support in implementation.
  
  Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.
Our Values We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences. Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.