Access Coordinator (Scheduling) | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
| Company: | London North West Healthcare NHS Trust |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33,262 - £36,027 Per annum Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Harrow, HA1 3UJ |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Closing date: | 12 Aug 2026 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust as a Access Coordinator (Scheduling).
The main responsibility is to co-ordinate patients elective admissions.
We are looking for a committed, willing to learn, dedicated person with close attention to detail.
• Responsibility for co-ordination of patient’s elective admission.
• Responsibility for daily liaison with consultants and surgeons across sites to ensure elective inpatient theatre sessions are consistently booked with maximum utilisation, taking into consideration both clinical urgency and time on the waiting list.
• Be responsible for monitoring / auditing trust data received from the Performance / Information department and managing waiting lists to ensure no patients breach the national access, booking and choice targets, working in line with the Trusts’ Patient Access Policy. To ensure synchrony between outpatient waiting list and inpatient waiting list to enable tracking of patient pathway target times for the national 18 week pathway. This will require extensive joint working with colleagues across LNWUH NHS Trust.
• Responsible for booking pre-assessment and associated appointments in a timely manner and adjust lists as required if any patients fail pre-assessment or swabs.
• Responsibility for ensuring special/individual equipment for theatres is ordered in a timely fashion to ensure no patient cancellations are received due to lack of equipment. Ensure correct transport is booked for appropriate patients
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To view the main responsibilities for this vacancy, please access the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.
This advert closes on Monday 27 Jul 2026
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