Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Appointments Officer, Band 3

The closing date is 01 February 2026

Job summary

To act as a member of the Radiology Appointments Booking Team providing a county wide appointment booking service for patients ensuring wait time targets and clinical targets are met and all capacity efficiently used.

Main duties of the job

Efficiently monitor and maintain waiting lists, ensuring adherence to Trust and clinical targets for all sites on a county wide basis.

Effectively monitor and maintain the CRIS system ensure accuracy of data, identification and resolution of system errors.

Provide an efficient, supportive and informative service to patients, relatives and carers.

Effective use of county wide appointment capacity to ensure optimum use involving decisions on flexing modality capacity to meet new and follow-up clinical and wait time constraints.

Using knowledge and experience to provide service managers with timely information to enable action on capacity shortfalls and giving opinions on reallocation of capacity as appropriate.

Investigation and effective follow - through on DNA patients.

Timely and accurate cancellation of appointment lists and appropriate scheduling of appointments.

Prioritise and organise own daily activities with minimal direct supervision.

Liaise and work with line management to ensure compliancy of daily service management. Highlight any issues to line management which may have a detrimental impact on workload or staff etc.

Assist with provision of absence cover for colleagues or any duties as requested by management to meet service demand.

About us

We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.

With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one or both of our innovative hospitals.

As well as generous annual leave allowance, you will have access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Details

Date posted

23 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year (pa pro rata if part-time)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

8 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

318-26-T0052

Job locations

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Gloucester

GL1 3NN


Job description

Job responsibilities

Communicate with patients/relatives over the telephone, booking patients into appointment slots, make changes to their existing appointment if required or cancel and reschedule their appointment as requested.

Monitoring the progress of referrals, identifying problems and taking appropriate actions to ensure efficient management of referrals.

To action appointment re-scheduling ensuring that clinical priorities are maintained and liaising directly with consultants/radiographers where capacity problems exist.

Making judgements and decisions to achieve a balance between clinical priorities and wait time targets .

To ensure that patients receive a supportive and responsive service tailored to their specific needs particularly where barriers to understanding exist.

Ability to work within the booking office guidelines and procedures protocols, observing patient confidentiality and security of data.

Prioritising daily tasks to achieve set timescales.

To ensure accurate and timely data collection.

Advising the management team where over or under capacity issues exist and to suggest ways of addressing these.

A supportive team member, able to train new team members and offer on-going support and advice.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communicate with patients/relatives over the telephone, booking patients into appointment slots, make changes to their existing appointment if required or cancel and reschedule their appointment as requested.

Monitoring the progress of referrals, identifying problems and taking appropriate actions to ensure efficient management of referrals.

To action appointment re-scheduling ensuring that clinical priorities are maintained and liaising directly with consultants/radiographers where capacity problems exist.

Making judgements and decisions to achieve a balance between clinical priorities and wait time targets .

To ensure that patients receive a supportive and responsive service tailored to their specific needs particularly where barriers to understanding exist.

Ability to work within the booking office guidelines and procedures protocols, observing patient confidentiality and security of data.

Prioritising daily tasks to achieve set timescales.

To ensure accurate and timely data collection.

Advising the management team where over or under capacity issues exist and to suggest ways of addressing these.

A supportive team member, able to train new team members and offer on-going support and advice.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Computer Literate in Microsoft packages
  • Able to cope under pressure
  • Able to work independently
  • Appropriate experience in a hospital or office environment
  • Understanding and previous experience in medical terminology

Desirable

  • NVQ in Administration level 3 or equivalent
  • Educated to GCSE grade C or above in literacy and numeracy
  • Previous booking office experience (or equivalent)
  • Experience of CRIS
  • Ability to plan effectively and manage own workload
Person Specification

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Computer Literate in Microsoft packages
  • Able to cope under pressure
  • Able to work independently
  • Appropriate experience in a hospital or office environment
  • Understanding and previous experience in medical terminology

Desirable

  • NVQ in Administration level 3 or equivalent
  • Educated to GCSE grade C or above in literacy and numeracy
  • Previous booking office experience (or equivalent)
  • Experience of CRIS
  • Ability to plan effectively and manage own workload

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Gloucester

GL1 3NN


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Gloucester

GL1 3NN


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Assistant General Manager

Zoe Haimes-Williams

zoe.haimes-williams2@nhs.net

03004226781

Details

Date posted

23 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year (pa pro rata if part-time)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

8 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

318-26-T0052

Job locations

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Gloucester

GL1 3NN


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