Location
London, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust across multiple hospital sites including Guy's, St Thomas', Royal Brompton, Harefield and Evelina London Children's Hospital.

Hours
Full Time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary
£37,389 per annum

About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, organised and motivated individual to join the Anaesthetics Administration Team within the Theatres, Anaesthetics and Perioperative Medicine Directorate at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. This Band 4 Anaesthetics Coordinator role is offered on a 12-month fixed-term or secondment basis (maternity cover). You will support the coordination of anaesthetic staffing across multiple hospital sites, playing a key role in managing medical rotas, responding to operational demands and supporting the smooth running of theatre services.

Working closely with consultant anaesthetists, theatre teams and operational managers, you will need excellent organisational, communication and problem-solving skills, alongside the confidence to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. This varied and rewarding role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your administrative, coordination and operational management skills within one of the Trust’s largest clinical support services.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS organisations, renowned for clinical excellence, high quality teaching and research. The Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and specialist care for patients from further afield. The Theatres, Anaesthetics and Perioperative Medicine Directorate supports elective, emergency and specialist surgical services across multiple sites, working collaboratively to deliver safe, effective patient care.

Our values of Caring, Ambitious and Inclusive underpin everything we do. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where staff feel valued, supported and encouraged to develop their skills and careers. We promote professional development, staff wellbeing and flexible working wherever service needs allow.

Experience
- Proven business administration experience demonstrating understanding of key admin support functions
- Experience working in a customer service setting
- Desirable: experience of rota/diary management, understanding of theatres, working with multidisciplinary teams

About you
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work methodically in a busy environment and meet deadlines
- Confidence in making decisions when managing competing priorities
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken English, including grammar and punctuation
- Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with all levels of staff
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately
- Flexible approach to work according to priorities and changing organisational systems

Qualifications
- Good general education with English and Maths to GCSE standard or equivalent
- Educated to diploma level or NVQ 3, City and Guilds certificate level in business administration or equivalent
- Desirable: experience of working with clinical systems such as PIMS and EPR