Surgical Admissions Booking Officer

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a full-time Admissions Booking Officer to join the Surgical Admissions Team.

You will require excellent organisational and computer skills. Duties will include booking patient operation dates and pre-assessments, liaising with a variety of staff at all levels including Consultants and Senior Nurses.

You should have the ability to cope with demanding and changing priorities in a busy environment with a flexible approach to work. The ideal candidate will be a good team player.

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospitals

Interview Date:23rd April 2025

Main duties of the job

• Dealing promptly with incoming correspondence, telephone calls and enquiries from patients, wards and medical staff in an efficient and effective manner.
• Responsible for ensuring patient details are entered on to the e-Camis waiting list module within 2 working days of arrival in the office.
• To work under the supervision of the Validation and Admissions Officer to ensure that all TCI entries on the waiting list for surgery have a validated clock start.
• Booking patients appropriately and in a timely manner, according to their clinical priority, ensuring national and local waiting times and targets are met, highlighting issues or concerns to the Validation and Admissions Officer.
• Entering patient details on to the e-Camis theatre module, liaising with theatre and treatment centre team leads regarding equipment and correct skill mix of staff available for sessions.
• To ensure that any cancelled operations on the day of surgery are rebooked within the national 28 day target.
• To ensure all lists are fully utilised.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.