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Salary for this role£28,392 – £31,157 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

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Role description

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic Women's Health Team Lead & Oncology Coordinator to join our Women's Health Administrative Team, supporting Obstetrics and Gynaecology Services at Bedford Hospital. This is a pivotal role that combines operational leadership, service coordination, and patient pathway management to ensure the delivery of high-quality administrative support across both inpatient and outpatient services.

Main duties of the job

As the Women's Health Team Lead & Oncology Coordinator, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Women's Health bookings and administration function. You will coordinate outpatient activity, including appointment booking, rescheduling, and cancellations, ensuring patients receive timely care and that national access targets and performance standards are consistently achieved.

Working closely with clinical and operational colleagues, you will provide leadership and support to the administrative team, ensuring efficient service delivery, excellent patient experience, and compliance with relevant quality and regulatory standards.

The role requires excellent organisational skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities within a fast-paced environment. You will play a key role in supporting service improvement, monitoring performance, and maintaining effective communication across multidisciplinary teams.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

Date posted

03 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

418-COR2839-SSJ

Job locations

Bedford Hospital South Wing

Kempston Road

Bedford

MK42 9DJ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details on role requirements and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

5 GSCE or equivalent including maths and English
Good standard of oral and written English

Experience

Essential

Line Management Experience
Outpatient admin experience
Working part of multi-disciplinary team
Work in customer service/patient facing role

Desirable

Outpatient clinic management
Rota Co-Ordination

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of NHS outpatient pathways including RTT and Suspected cancer pathway
Knowledge in Microsoft Office Packages
Knowledge in clinical systems

Skills

Essential

Excellent organisational skills
Effective communication skills, verbal and written
Ability to be flexible and to adapt to new demands

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.