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Location: KIMS Hospital, Maidstone
Hours: 37.5 Hours per week, 4 days per week between Monday and Saturday, 08:00 – 18:00.
Salary: £28,560.00 per annum
Are you patient focused, with a desire and proven ability to contribute to delivering healthcare at its best? Do you want to progress your career and skills?
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Theatre Scheduler to join our Theatres team. As a Theatre Coordinator, you will be responsible for scheduling all theatre bookings, ensuring an efficient and responsive service is provided to medical secretaries, consultants, NHS contract teams, and hospital departments.
You will maintain a clear code of conduct and high standards of customer service in terms of discretion, dignity, respect, and excellent customer service to all internal and external customers.
See what our staff have to say about working in KIMS Theatres.
Role Responsibilities
- Responsible for the appropriate management of theatre booking slots, liaising with Consultants, medical secretaries, and hospital departments as required.
- Ensure all necessary paperwork is completed, ensuring all information is attached to all booking forms (clinic letter).
- Liaise with Theatre leads/Billing/Finance for any information regarding a procedure that may need costing before accepting booking forms.
- Provide effective communication between the Medical Secretarial Department, Consultants, and Patients, etc.
- Provide non-clinical information to patients and families, where necessary, including cancellation of operation.
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Person Specification
Essential
- Educated to GCSE standard (or equivalent)
- Display excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Able to work proactively, on own initiative with minimal supervision
- Able to work as part of a team
- Strong organizational and time management skills
Desirable
- Possession of a secretarial qualification
- Experience of working in a hospital
- Working knowledge of Microsoft packages or equivalent, maintaining administrative/secretarial systems
KIMS Hospital is the largest independent hospital in Kent and we care about our staff. We support our staff in building a career, encouraging them to feel their worth and enjoy their time at work. Our One Team culture creates a working environment that offers you the time to care, develop new skills, and strengthen existing ones.
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KIMS Hospital Employees Enjoy The Following Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Free Secure Staff Parking
- Pension Scheme
- Private Health Insurance
- 33 Days annual leave plus extra time off for your birthday
- Life Assurance
- Annual Flu Vaccination
- Free Eye Test
- Flexible working and annualized hours contracts are available
- Relocation packages available
At KIMS Hospital we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive working environment. We strive to create a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and are proud to be an equal opportunities and disability confident employer.
If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, Diane would be happy to help. Please give her a call on 01622 237634 or email recruitment@kims.org.uk.
Any offers of employment made by KIMS Hospital for this/these position(s) will be subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK and receipt of a satisfactory DBS Certificate from the Disclosure & Barring Service. Information about the DBS checks can be found at https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
Posted 14th August 2026
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