Job overview

We are looking for a pro-active, motivated individual to work within our dedicated booking team who support the Trust delivering Cancer wait targets.

The post holder will be a point of contact for managing radiology requests in patient pathways following a suspected cancer referral. The post holder will co-ordinate with the clinical and administrative teams to arrange the next steps in the pathway and will communicate these to the referring team, cancer pathway navigators, MDT co-ordinators and patients as appropriate.

The postholder will be responsible for ensuring that progress in the pathway is recorded in the cancer database system as well as the radiology appointment system, in a timely manner. This post is essential to providing high quality information and ensuring patient’s progress effectively on the cancer pathway.

Main duties of the job

- To provide specialties and cancer services a focal point for individual escalations 

- Working from patient tracking/work lists, input data into Infoflex as appropriate, in order to ensure individual patient records are updated in a timely and accurate manner.

- Liaise with Radiology booking staff to ensure all patients on a suspected cancer pathway, that require urgent imaging are booking within target date

- Pro-actively update Service, Cancer Manager and GM for Radiology regarding the progress of individual patients, escalating issues and delays in the patient’s pathway quickly and proactively.

- Liaise with 2ww booking team in Central Booking Office to ensure 2ww patients accessing imaging as their first diagnostic are booking within target.

- Develop a basic understanding of the medical terminology and treatments for cancer in order to fully understand the patient’s pathway.

- Maintain close communication with the MDT coordinator updating him/her on a regular basis on work progress and alerting him/her of any problems that may result in a delay in the patient’s imaging or reporting

- Provide administrative support

Working for our organisation

We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.
 

With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.