ASD Coordinator - Community Paediatrics

We are recruiting for a ASD coordinator who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. A part of this role will also be responsible for ASD Diagnostic pathway for our current caseload and support in all aspects of this treatment pathway. You should have a sound knowledge of medical terminology and have the ability to work without direct supervision, be able to prioritise and manage workloads. you will be computer literate. You will be the first point of contact for service users, GPs, consultant colleagues, nursing, admin and other hospital staff, patients, relatives, and outside agencies. You will provide professional and efficient secretarial and administrative support to the consultants and medical team. Please note that the post is based at Danestrete. Unfortunately, there is no onsite staff parking. Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!, The coordinator will be responsible for the admin and support of the ASD pathway and provide input and support in team duties. Cross cover is also required for the team where required., The coordinator will be the first point of contact and communication for HCT staff, General Practitioners, consultant colleagues, nursing staff, administrative and other hospital staff, patients, relatives, and outside agencies in relation to the coordination of the ASD diagnostic clinks and waiting times. To help organise division specific clinics and liaise with outside agencies to achieve this. To maintain an accurate index of all patients' notes held in the office area and to forward these to theappropriate destination as soon as they are no longer required, ensuring information is correctlyrecorded on the Lorenzo system.

You will have sufficient knowledge of Word and Excel and have the ability to manage short turnaround deadlines and have good presentation as well as good verbal and written communication skills.

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.