Assistant Waiting List Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role assists Waiting List Officers in managing the Trust's patient tracking list, focusing on inpatient waiting lists and ensuring elective targets are met. The post holder will help identify capacity issues and prevent breaches of Cancer and 18-week Referral to Treatment targets. Key duties include accurate patient record registration, coordinating surgery dates, and managing cancellations to maximise capacity.
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- An understanding of inpatient waiting list management
- NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- An understanding of Elective Access Referral to Treatment Pathways
- Specific aptitude and abilities
- Ability to prioritise
- Evidence of team working/ building and leading
- Interpersonal Skills / Communication Skills
- Hard working and ability to work to deadlines
- Reliable and organised
- Experience and Skills
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- An understanding of inpatient waiting list management
- NHS experience
- An understanding of Elective Access Referral to Treatment Pathways
- Specific aptitude and abilities
- Ability to prioritise
- Evidence of team working/ building and leading
- Interpersonal Skills / Communication Skills
- Hard working and ability to work to deadlines
- Reliable and organised
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Waiting List Officer
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
The post holder will assist the Waiting List Officers with the weekly validation of the Trusts' patient tracking list (PTL) and identifying any capacity issues and patients that cannot be treated within the Cancer and 18 week Referral to treatment (RTT) targets.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is one of a team responsible for effectively managing the smooth coordination of the Inpatient waiting list service for the Directorate and ensuring that elective targets in relation to ensuring Inpatient Waiting Lists, Admissions, pre-operative and post-operative waiting times are met at both in a consistent and timely manner. Please see full job description and responsibilities on the below link
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we
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