Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Services
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hours to be within Monday to Friday 8:00am - 17:00pm can be discussed at interview.)
- Job ref
- 110-AC165-0625
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Glamorgan Hospital - Ansari Court
- Town
- Pontyclun
- Salary
- £24,433 - £26,060 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Cancer Services Information Assistant
Band 3
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a cancer information assistant based at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.
The successful candidate will proactively assist with managing patients through their Urgent Cancer pathway. The post holder will work with a variety of staff and departments to ensure appointments, diagnostics and treatment are booked, reported and available in a timely manner to meet the needs of the patient, service and national targets.
We require a hardworking, motivated individual who has excellent communication skills who is IT literate with a good knowledge and understanding of computer packages.
Great organisational skills and the ability to manage and prioritise their work accordingly is paramount.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of the Cancer Services Team by collecting information on appropriate cancer site-specific patients and entering it onto the CANISC and Tracker 7 databases, enabling the specialist teams to monitor their activity, clinical outcomes and performance against the National Cancer Standards and Patient pathway targets. The post holder will maintain accurate databases containing cancer information, and carry out routine data validation and cleansing. They will be aware of, and report to the Cancer Services Supervisor, any issues or problems relating to data quality and completeness.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
§ We listen, learn and improve
§ We treat everyone with respect
§ We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with clinical teams
- Experience of data collection, reporting & validation
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Level 3 vocational qualification or equivalent skills, knowledge and work experience
- Knowledge and understanding of working with organisational policies and guidelines
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of cancer pathway
- Knowledge of hospital systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kyle Morgan
- Job title
- Cancer Supervisor / Goruchwylydd Canser
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07856482761
- Additional information
Huw Protheroe
07837104734
Elizabeth Crawley
07984338458
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