Job summary
An exciting opportunity to join the Trauma Admin Team within the Trauma & Orthopaedic Directorate.

The role involves working alongside the Trauma Orthopaedic Nurse Coordinators and medical team to ensure all patients are appropriately booked for theatre, appointments and communicated with.

The successful applicant will attend daily meetings, liaise with patients face to face and over telephone and utilise clinical systems daily.

Main duties of the job

• Establish and maintain effective communication with patient/carers and families about complex matters providing a warm welcoming and enabling environment to support therapeutic relationships.
• Attend daily trauma meetings.
• Book all trauma patients on to theatre man.
• Organise New and Follow-up patient appointments into specialist fracture clinics.
• Organise beds on wards, critical care, and Day surgery unit.
• Liaise with theatre staff to ensure all kit and equipment is available for surgery.
• Provide advice and information to patients regarding the date and time of their surgery, organising transport and interpretation services as required.
• Liaise with all members of the trauma multidisciplinary team and work closely with the band 6 Trauma Coordinators and trauma Consultant team of the week to ensure Trauma lists are well utilised and clinical priorities of patients met.
• You will audit cancellations, breaches, readmissions, and outlier discharges, as well as a range of other general administrative duties.
• Maintain and support the efficient use of physical and /or financial resources.
• Ability to work flexibly and unsocial hours to meet the demands of the service.

About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• NVQ Level 3

Desirable

• ECDL or AMSPAR

Experience
Essential

• Experience in admin role

Desirable

• Experience in clinical role
• Experience in Trauma & Orthopaedics

Skills
Desirable

• IT skills

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge PAS/EPR

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.

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