Modality Co-ordinator
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
London, SW17 0QTView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£31,554 to £33,270
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
12 October 2026
13 days leftJob description
Job Summary To help with patient Radiology bookings at various communitydiagnostic sites, monitoring their pathways, referrals, requests,and all coord...
- To act as point of contact for patients and their representatives who contact the modalities.
- To help book and arrange for patients to be seen at sites under the Community Diagnostic Community hub and in St George's Radiology.
- To ensure that the electronic appointment work list is updated and monitored, that all appointments are made within the specific waiting time requirements and that all relevant paperwork is correctly filed and retrieved from all sites where the patients are imaged.
- To ensure images are on our PACS system when scanned at other sites.
- To ensure that relevant patient data is recorded accurately in a complete and confidential manner in accordance with Trust policy.
- The post holder will work closely with the St George's trust Superintendent Radiographers who are liaising with other diagnostic sites to assist with patient pathways and imaging wait times.
- Post holder will be responsible for checking certain functions (for example renal function), bloods before patient is imaged at specific sites.
- To supervise Admin Assistants
- To assist other Modality Coordinators in Radiology if required.
- *Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**
- * The vacancy may close earlier than the advised date, depending on the volume of applicants**
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, St George's Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, and two health centres, St Johns Therapy Centre, and The Nelson Centre.
With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma.
Qualifications and Training
Essential: - Good general education with evidence of literacy, numeracy, and IT competence (e.g., GCSEs or equivalent)
Desirable: - Team Leader qualification or Advanced Administration qualification; - Educated to Diploma or Degree level
Experience
Essential
- Experience coordinating or managing appointment diaries or service lists.
- Experience handling patient/customer queries and managing calls professionally
- Experience working across teams or departments to coordinate services
- Experience working independently, using initiative and escalating when appropriate
Desirable: - NHS experience; - Experience of working in Radiology; - Experience supporting service improvement (e.g., audits, project input, pathway reviews)
Skills
Essential
- Proficient use of MS Office (particularly Word, Excel)
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Ability to manage workload, meet deadlines, and stay organised under pressure
- Ability to support meetings or admin tasks such as collating data or producing reports
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of patient confidentiality and data protection
- Familiarity with NHS systems (PAS, EPR, Soliton, iClip, PACS) or equivalent
- Awareness of NHS access targets (e.g. RTT, cancer pathways)
- Awareness of patient pathways and coordination needs in a hospital or community setting
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
28 September 2026
Last checked
29 September 2026
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