24 Oct
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
London
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Inherited Cardiac Conditions team as a Band 4 Patient Pathway Coordinator working within the Cardiology Service in the Cardiovascular Directorate.
This is a fixed term position for 18 months, with a view to extension if further funding is secured. It will be based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ but will also require some working for Kings College Hospital, although this can be done remotely.
The role will be pivotal on supporting the regional roll out of the sudden cardiac death programme and developing the introduction of the Phenotips system within the ICC Service. This is a new initiative and the successful candidate will be working closely with a range of clinical and managerial staff.
The Patient Pathway Coordinator will report directly to the Assistant Service Manager for Cardiology. They will be expected to work autonomously but under direction. The role is key to delivering an effective service to families bereaved through sudden cardiac death (SCD) and survivors of cardiac arrest (SCA). The postholder will need to liaise closely with both the ICC staff and the clinical genetics team to ensure seamless care and support for these individuals and their families.
This role provides efficient and high quality secretarial and administrative support to ICC consultants and nurses, clinical geneticists, genetic counsellors and their teams, working in close co-operation with staff and other health professionals. The post-holder will be pivotal in the implementation of the Phenotips system for recording patient’s family history.
The post holder will also be responsible for the timely cancellation of clinics and where required co-ordinating the arrangements for replacement and adhoc clinics.
The post holder will also be involved coordination of the Cardiovascular genetics multi-disciplinary meetings through close working with the Clinical Genetics department and Cardiac Genetics team
They will support the regional roll out of the sudden cardiac death programme including organising and minuting quarterly meetings of the regional team.
The post holder will ensure that patient care and access is in carried out in accordance with the access policy.
Our cardiology department provides a full range of services for inpatients and outpatients. We pride ourselves on the quality of these services, and we are recognised as a world leader in the development and application of innovative treatments for heart conditions.
The services we offer are delivered by expert cardiologists using state of the art facilities.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Becky Bevan Job title: Service Manager Email address: [email protected]
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▶️ Patient Pathway Coordinator
🖊️ Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
📍 London