Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Outsourcing Coordinator

The closing date is 06 July 2025

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust to help reduce the COVID-19 backlog of patients requiring treatment. It will be your responsibility to contact patients by telephone to gain their consent for outsourcing to multiple private providers working with the trust to help reduce the COVID-19 backlog of patients requiring treatment.

Your role will include additional duties such as data entry on excel spreadsheets, dealing with queries via email/telephone and collating patient's notes from trust clinical systems as well as other administrative duties.

Please note: this role does not accommodate working from home and the successful candidate will be required to work from the office on a full-time basis.

Main duties of the job

As our Outsourcing Coordinator you will be the first point of call for all patient/staff enquiries so must be confident in dealing with patients and staff at all levels, be required to phone multiple patients on a daily basis so must have an excellent telephone manner and record patient responses on Excel spreadsheets so must have a good understanding of Microsoft Excel.

You will develop a good understanding of EPR & ERs systems, accurately and appropriately update and maintain EPR records as required, review medical notes on ACP, collate them together and send to private providers and be able to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.

Your role will involve being aware of and follow the Trust Information Governance policies keeping all data secure, undertaking any general administrative duties as necessary,supporting and assisting the RTT Validation Teams if required and tosupport the Service Delivery Manager with any additional tasks if required.This Job Description is an outline only and may be subject to change according to the needs of the service and in consultation with the post-holder.

About us

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 a year Per Annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-CORP-BA-0488

Job locations

Basildon Centre

St Martins Square

Basildon

SS14 1DL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

Previous applications need not apply.

We look forward to your application

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

Previous applications need not apply.

We look forward to your application

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Minimum 5 GCSEs

Experience

Essential

  • At least 2 years administrative experience
  • Experience with dealing with members of the public
  • Some understanding of EPR. Experience should include basic outpatients system and waiting list entries

Skills

Essential

  • Experience of MS Office

Desirable

  • Good knowledge of Excel
  • GuidanceScore Knowledge of Lorenzo/Careflow
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Minimum 5 GCSEs

Experience

Essential

  • At least 2 years administrative experience
  • Experience with dealing with members of the public
  • Some understanding of EPR. Experience should include basic outpatients system and waiting list entries

Skills

Essential

  • Experience of MS Office

Desirable

  • Good knowledge of Excel
  • GuidanceScore Knowledge of Lorenzo/Careflow

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon Centre

St Martins Square

Basildon

SS14 1DL


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon Centre

St Martins Square

Basildon

SS14 1DL


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Katie Stpier-Groves

kathryn.stpier-groves@nhs.net

01268524900

Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 a year Per Annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-CORP-BA-0488

Job locations

Basildon Centre

St Martins Square

Basildon

SS14 1DL


Supporting documents

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