Job overview

Are you looking for a role that provides support to patients in the community who are affected by Cancer? 

This maybe the role for you! we are looking to recruit a Supportive Care Coordinator to be part of our MacMillan Team in Trafford. 

You will have the pleasure of working with patients and their careers/families throughout their journey by organising, planning and offering guidance and support in a wide range of areas. 

Main duties of the job

Undertake holistic assessment and together with clients plan a programme of interventions according to their identified need, whilst utilising your clinical skills and knowledge of supportive and palliative treatments n the training of volunteers, students, and other staff.

Organise and facilitate group work for the benefit of this target group of patients and carers. 

Work with the Centre Manager to provide an accessible and integrated cancer information service.

Maintain accurate and up-to-date records on all clients to ensure documentation meets agreed standards.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.