Waiting List Clerk

For any questions regarding the role or to arrange an informal visit please contact Lorna Storey, Patient Access Team Leader via email at

About The Role

We are looking for friendly outgoing individuals with experience working a in a busy demanding environment and experience working within customer service. You will enjoy working as a member of a team and have experience in communicating and working alongside a multi-disciplinary team.

Previous NHS knowledge and experience in managing waiting lists is desirable as you will have a great deal of direct telephone contact with patients and face-to-face contact with a wide range of internal and external staff to support the smooth running of waiting list management at MYHT.

Excellent multi-tasking and organisational skills are essential with an up-to-date knowledge of current NHS Access targets being desirable for the post.

In addition to a flexible approach to working the post holder will be required to work 5 over 7 days between 08:00 - 20:00 including evenings and weekends.

Main duties

Our Centralised Waiting List Office Clerks manage a number of waiting lists within specialties operating Trust wide in accordance with Government Access Standards, NHS Constitution and Trusts Patient Access Policy ensuring efficient and effective use of theatre and procedure sessions.

They exercise initiative and use independent judgement, knowledge and analysis to book patients, dependent on their individual clinical needs, their complexity and the appropriate case mix. Work in a demanding and sometimes hostile environment dealing with complex and sensitive information on a daily basis.

Our teams provide an information and communication link between the patient and their elective admission to hospital.

You will be responsible for decision-making with situations arising from the duties and responsibilities described below to ensure an effective, organised, comprehensive and efficient, high-quality patient centred clerical service.

Qualifications

Key requirements

• NVQ 2 Customer Care or equivalent experience
• Sound educational background 5 GCSE’s Grade C/4 or above
  
  

Experience

• Working within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of working in a customer service environment
• Excellent communication skills to overcome barriers of understanding
• Working in a demanding environment
• Experience of collating data
• Use of Patient Administration System/Database
• Ability to organise self, working to deadlines and ensuring quality standards.
• Experience of scheduling / coordination activities and/or resources.
  
  

Knowledge and Awareness

• Understanding of current challenges facing the NHS locally and nationally
• Knowledge of the Data Protection Act and awareness of confidentiality.
• Awareness of own limitations.
  
  

Skills And Awareness

• Excellent organisational skills
• Able to work under pressure & to strict deadlines
• Able to work effectively across departmental boundaries
• Ability to work on multiple systems simultaneously
• Demonstrate effective written, verbal and telephone communication skills with team/clients/relatives, using tact when required
• Demonstrate knowledge of dealing with public/conflict
• Demonstrate a caring manner with an understanding disposition
• High standard of accuracy
• Flexibility and able to adapt to change
• Computer literate experience of using all Microsoft packages
• Advanced keyboard skills
  
  

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to review the full requirements.

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application Guidance

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support
  
  

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