Admissions Officer - Vascular Surgery
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Colchester, CO4 5JLView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
25 October 2026
6 days leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Admissions Officer within the Vascular Surgery Unit at Colchester General Hospital. We are looking for a Admi...
Manage, in conjunction with the Consultant and the speciality, the waiting list and admissions to ensure that:
- Patients are admitted in accordance with their clinical priority
- Routine patients are admitted strictly in wait time order, as listed, on Patient Target Lists (PTL)
- Ensure that patients are booked on to appropriate operating lists and that the lists are filled to an agreed profile
- Due attention is paid to efficient utilisation of bed of surgery usage.
- Ensure all patients cancelled on the day of surgery - Patient Charter Cancellations - are re-booked in accordance with government policy.
- To check the waiting lists on Portal daily. Plan and maintain the waiting list, in accordance with Trust procedure, highlighting problems to the Consultant speciality and Support Manager, as appropriate.
- To be the first point of contact for patients seeking to agree their admission date and to offer admission dates that are strictly 'in turn' and in keeping with clinical prioritisation.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you
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Experience
Essential
- Previous administrative role
- Working collaboratively as part of a team
- Advanced IT Systems including - Microsoft Office
- Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation
Desirable: - Experience within relevant work area; - Experience of working with members of the public; - Supervision/co-ordination of other team members
Qualifications
Essential: - GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths; - NVQ level 3 in administration/secretarial or equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential: - Confidentiality and Data Protection; - Customer service
Desirable: - NHS Knowledge of relevant work area
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
19 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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