Cancer Tracker Skin Oncology - Worcester, United Kingdom - Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

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Worcester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

The key elements of the role are: to act as the patients navigator and ensure the management of patients is efficient and effective, taking into account the individual needs of the patients and the requirements of the service, contribute to the achievement of the National Cancer Waiting Time Targets, National Audits and Cancer Registry. Facilitate the patient pathway by co-ordinating and proactively tracking the timeliness of patient treatments within the National guidelines, this includes monitoring patients referred to other Trusts in the Network and influencing their pathway, via the local MDT. The post holder will be responsible for capturing information about patients; ensuring up-to-date relevant information is recorded on the Trusts databases and must also facilitate collection of data for all cancers and enter this onto the Somerset Cancer Registry (SCR). Knowledge and understanding of patient pathways, including the diagnostic and staging investigations and treatment options available, is essential.

Excellent organisational communication skills together with high levels of accuracy are also a key requirement for this post.