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Job summary

Main area
Gastroenterology
Grade
Band 3
Contract
2 years (Internal Secondment / External Fixed Term (2 years))
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
236-SUR-AC362-26-A
Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salford Royal Hospital
Town
Salford
Salary
£25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/10/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust logo

Liver Pathway Navigator

Band 3

Job overview

Are you a high calibre individual interested in improving the pathways of patients with Liver disease?

Do you have a flexible approach to work and value variety?

Are you team player and keen to develop your career pathway within the NHS?

If you have answered ‘yes’ to all of the above then you could be the person we are looking for! 

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a passionate and highly motivated individual who can work as part of a team and as an individual alongside our current Secretarial and Administrative Team to help improve pathways.

To support the Liver Team in proactively tracking patients with liver cirrhosis, diagnostics pathways, and pre/post liver transplant to ensure they are appropriately, and managed progress tracked +/- discussed at the Liver MDT meeting.

To create and monitor a database of liver patients to support their clinical pathway in ensuring they are booked in the appropriate time frame for tests and clinical review appointments, including liver surveillance.

To monitor Liver Patients and ensure that they are seen and followed up in the expected timeframes and to raise with the clinical team if patients are not achieving this.

To use virtual platforms (such as MS Teams) to attend MDT meetings where required.

To ensure accurate data collection to maintain precise patient pathway information on the Liver Tracker for regional data reporting.

There is currently 1 post available on a 2 year fixed term contract.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person specification

Skills/Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to handle difficult situations with tact and diplomacy.
  • Excellent personal motivation and organisational skills
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines and adapt to changing circumstances
  • Demonstrate the use of initiative and problem-solving skills
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of working with IT office packages
  • Experience of working to tight deadlines and prioritising tasks
  • Experience of working with complex databases
  • Knowledge of the NHS with an understanding of NHS processes and patient pathways
  • Experience of organising and co-ordinating meetings
Desirable criteria
  • Proven recent experience of working within the NHS
  • Experience of developing processes for the collection and collation of data for audit purposes
  • Performance monitoring

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Secondary-level education GCSE, Maths and English at C-grade or above, or equivalent

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardFair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerTime to changeStep into healthGM Good Employment Charter

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Megan Docksey
Job title
Support Manager - Gastro & Endoscopy
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 206 7677
Additional information

Or

Melissa McDonnell

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