Job summary
- Main area
- Radiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 427-7654003
- Employer
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal United Hospital
- Town
- Bath
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Radiotherapy Late Effects Navigator
Band 4
Job overview
The purpose of this role is to support the team developing and delivering care to patients with late onset side effects from their radiotherapy treatment.
You will play a pivotal role in triaging, recording and tracking patients along their pathway, whilst communicating with patients and escalating information appropriately.
The role will also have wider responsibilities for administration and data management for the regional South West Radiotherapy Late Effects Service.
Main duties of the job
You will be a main point of contact for the Radiotherapy Late Effects team.
You will coordinate high quality patient care following approved tools and procedures.
You will liaise with the wider clinical teams to derive useful data for the service.
You will assist in producing reports for department meetings and regional commissioning.
You will be responsible for the day to day housekeeping of the Late Effects service, ensuring information is dispatched to patients, and results recorded and available on hospital systems.
Working for our organisation
At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the detailed job description and main responsibilities please see attached documents for full job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Math and English
- Advanced keyboard and IT skills
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in health
- Communication Skills training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent understanding of health data and data protection issues
- Willingness to improve knowledge and undertake learning and development courses
- Experience of multi-professional working
- Experience of working effectively and autonomously
- Experience of data entry and computer skills
- Experience in co-ordinating a patient workload
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS experience
- Previous Oncology experience
Values
Essential criteria
- Trust Values
Specific Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate self-directed learning
- Able to work under own initiative
- Able to work as part of a team
- Able to retrieve information from a wide range of sources in different formats
- Evidence of a good standard of Literacy / English language skills
- Able to ask sensitively about information needs
- Willingness to use technology to improve standards of care and support to our patients
- Adaptable to change
- Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- Practical problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate with patients affected by cancer
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Tolson
- Job title
- Radiotherapy Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01225 824564
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