Job summary
Employer heading
Cancer Pathway Coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
Cancer Services are growing our workforce due to increasing demand within the service. We look forward to receiving applications from keen people who would like to join our friendly team at this exciting time of development.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive candidate to join the Cancer Services MDT Team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) in the role of Cancer Pathway Coordinators. The successful applicant will be based at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) but required to work cross site when necessary.
The Cancer Pathway Coordinator plays an essential role to ensure timely management of patients with suspected and / or diagnosed cancer, highlighting potential breaches of national cancer standards and taking appropriate escalation actions to ensure the Trust can achieve the national and local cancer targets.
The successful applicant will be patient focused; have excellent communication and organisational skills; be familiar with all of the Trust’s computer systems including Somerset and have excellent IT skills including excel. Previous experience of administrative work including data collection, validation, analysis and reporting is essential however working in a cancer services team with a comprehension of the Cancer Waiting Times rules would be preferable. The successful applicant will require resilience to deal with the fast pace of the role and the emotional and sometimes distressing nature of cancer.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will also be expected to coordinate Cancer MDT meetings across the range of tumour groups and assist in the collation of essential data for upload to national databases. The ability to work accurately and record / type clinical outcomes “live” at the Cancer MDT meetings is essential.
The post holder will manage the coordination and management of the tracking of patients along clinical cancer pathways. This will include managing the flow of information received from primary and secondary care and tertiary centres and liaising with internal departments and external organisations involved in providing cancer care.
Working for our organisation
The successful applicant will be joining the Cancer Services team based at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. As a department we work closely with the Clinical teams throughout the trust. We promote a friendly and approachable and team atmosphere to deliver a high standard service.
SaTH offers great benefits which include:
- Childcare vouchers
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Home electronics salary sacrifice scheme
- NHS discounts
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Access to NHS pension scheme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 2 A levels, BTEC or NVQ level 3
- 5 GCSE/O levels 9 – 4 (A-C) including English language and Mathematics
Desirable criteria
- Medical terminology
- ECDL
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Data collection and validation.
- Data analysis and reporting
- Experience of working with clinical staff in a health care environment
Desirable criteria
- Cancer patient pathway experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Fully PC literate including use of Microsoft office applications
- Evidence of knowledge of medical terminology
- Ability to report and present information
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of knowledge of anatomy and physiology
- Clinical audit methodology
- Understanding of NHS cancer plan / cancer information agenda
- Hospital IT systems
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cara Richardson
- Job title
- Cancer Waiting Times Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01743 261000
- Additional information
For further information or to arrange a department visit please contact Cara Richardson, Cancer Waiting Times Team Manager either by email or phone:
01743 261000 Ext 1414
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Shrewsbury Business Park
1 Douglas Court
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG
- Telephone
- 01743 492402
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