Job overview

This role will be responsible for the processing of new chemotherapy referrals for the Oncology patients attending the Infusion Suite. This will be done in a timely manner in order to achieve an efficient service for patients and within Cancer waits target dates. Some of the duties of this role include:

·         Scheduling of all subsequent chemotherapy appointments and blood tests for patients receiving chemotherapy in the Infusion Suite on the ARIA and CERNER system.

·         Ensure all patients that are deferred, on treatment break are scheduled accordingly on to ARIA and Millennium EPR system.

·         Ensure all new referrals are action immediately on the CASPER system.

·          Identify potential breach dates for new patients being referred for chemotherapy, identifying pathway issues that may require expedition or trouble shooting by using own initiative.

·         Liaise daily with the Nursing Team in the day unit and Oncology CNSS in the smooth operational running of the Chemotherapy referrals. Also schedule all follow up appointments to ensure a smooth patient pathway.

-Communicate effectively with patients, medical, outreach pharmacy at RSCH and nursing staff regarding treatment start dates and overcome any organisational obstacles. 

Main duties of the job

·             To provide timely appointments in accordance with information provided on referral forms for all patients referred to the Infusion Suite for chemotherapy/treatment

·                   To communicate effectively with patients, medical staff, pharmacy, nursing staff and administration team regarding the start date of treatment and overcome any organisational obstacles.

·                Identify potential breach dates for new patients being referred for chemotherapy, identifying patient issues that may require expedition or trouble-shooting by using own initiative. 

Working for our organisation

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

 We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.