The closing date for this job has now passed.

Job reference: 001616
Salary: Band 2 (£18,383 - £20,015)
Job closing date: 19/07/2019
Job Type: Administrative Services
Location: Astley Ainslie Hospital
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 05/07/2019
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
Department: Flow Centre

Job Advert





4 Posts available

Part time and full time hours available - 22.5 hours - 37.5 hours per week. Salary will be pro-rata.

The Flow Centre is an award winning team based at Astley Ainslie that coordinates all urgent care and transport for patients across Lothian. The Flow Centre is open 7 days per week 365 days per year, answering 4500 inbound calls per week. Come and be part of a multi-disciplinary service that has a Lothian wide view of care and be part of making a difference to the patient journey. We are looking for a positive team player that enjoys a busy working environment, is flexible and is patient focussed, with excellent coordination skills.

Please give us a call and have a chat about the role or even better arrange to come and see us! You can find our more on our website: http://intranet.lothian.scot.nhs.uk/Directory/flowcentre/Latest%20News/Pages/default.aspx

The Call Handler role includes:

  • booking taxi, courier, and Blood Bikes Scotland transport by applying the appropriate policy or guideline
  • taking patient calls and use Trak to book transport for patients to Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow
  • using Trak to book transport for discharge of patients from NHS Lothian and NHS Borders sites.
  • applying guidelines, determine the most appropriate patient transport method and book accordingly

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.  

For informal enquiries contact gemma.essen@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Take a look around the company https://jobs.scot.nhs.uk/