Operational Support Officer

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an Operational Support Officer to join the Head, Neck and Orthopaedic Directorate initially, for a 9 month period.

You will need to be highly motivated with a high level of professionalism, excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a team. You will need to be adaptable and flexible to meet the demands of the services.

The role is imperative to support the smooth running of the Directorate services and will mainly compromise of creating and monitoring service rotas. The post holder will need the ability to problem solve and know when to escalate any issues that may arise.

Main duties of the job

Administrative Responsibilities

• Undertake routine monitoring of EPR and RTT; data quality reports system to ensure waiting times; booking targets are met and that patients will not breach the in-patient and outpatient targets and escalate areas of concern to the Directorate support team.
• Monitor Patient Tracker List investigate outliers and escalate issues as appropriate.

• Input and produce data in support of the administration management of the Directorate e.g.: ESR; EPR; rotas; trackers; Datix, Integra; Shared drives

• Support project work as delegated e.g.: coordinating authorised waiting list initiatives; EPR training

• Undertake administrative tasks and storage in support of the Directorate Team e.g.; arrange meetings; take minutes; typing of policy / SOP; completion of action logs; manage diaries
• Develop and maintain robust Directorate and Speciality systems that capture and enable timely access and accurate monitoring of relevant information.

• Input data into relevant systems as a routine or as delegated in support of the Assistant General Manager Directorate e.g.: RTT reports Datix; ESR; trackers; clinic requests; WLI requests;
• Assist in delegated escalation issues across the inpatient / outpatient services as part of Business Continuity and Emergency Planning.
• Oversight of Consultant annual leave and close liaison with the Deputy General Managers to ensure capacity planning is updated routinely.
• Monitor mandatory training throughout the Admin Teams

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

The Trust encourages applications from people outside of the NHS and welcomes the valuable experiences and skills they can bring to the organisation.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Hereford

HR1 2ER

Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Hereford

HR1 2ER

Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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