Band 4 Pre-assessment Flow Co-ordinator

Job summary

The Peri-operative Care Co-coordinator will play a prominent role in ensuring the optimization of

patients prior to their surgery. This will be achieved through developing excellent internal

communication pathways, the utilization of the internal escalation process and ensuring the multidisciplinary

team adheres to the department's internal professional standards.

The post holder will be liaising with Booking and Scheduling teams in relation to planned surgery

dates and keeping them informed about patients' health status in relation to surgery. The successful

candidate will contact patients with a decision to admit for surgery. This will involve explaining to

them the role of Preoperative assessment and optimization of co-morbidities using a health

assessment form.

Main duties of the job

The Peri-operative Care Co-coordinator will play a prominent role in ensuring the optimization of

patients prior to their surgery. This will be achieved through developing excellent internal

communication pathways, the utilization of the internal escalation process and ensuring the multidisciplinary

team adheres to the department's internal professional standards.

The post holder will be liaising with Booking and Scheduling teams in relation to planned surgery

dates and keeping them informed about patients' health status in relation to surgery. The successful

candidate will contact patients with a decision to admit for surgery. This will involve explaining to

them the role of Preoperative assessment and optimization of co-morbidities using a health

assessment form.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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