Lung Health Check Srm Co-ordinator - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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We are looking for a highly motivated Lung Health Check Screening Review Meeting Co-coordinator to work within the Radiology Department.

Working with the Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) Leads, the post holder will co-ordinate and participate in weekly TLHC meetings ensuring all patients requiring discussion are listed for discussion in a timely fashion.

Interview Date: 4 July 202- 22 hours 30 minutes/week


The post holder will also be responsible for coordinating any necessary appointments/investigations, liaising with multi-disciplinary teams, GP's, patients and their carers in order to facilitate individual patient journeys through cancer pathways to reduce avoidable delays in diagnosis and treatment.


Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.


Rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country.

This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
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Co-ordinate and participate in weekly Lung Health Check (LHC) Screening Review Meeting (SRM)

  • Ensure all patients requiring discussion are listed for discussion in a timely fashion
  • Request all relevant previous imaging and ensure all imaging listed for review
  • Document outcomes of SRM
  • Ensure followup imaging relisted for discussion and management decisions
  • Coordinate any necessary appointments/investigations liaising with multidisciplinary teams, GPs, Patients and their carers in order to facilitate individual patient journeys through cancer pathways to reduce avoidable delays in diagnosis and treatment.
  • Prepare reports and spreadsheets for LHC audit
  • Facilitate communication of results to participants by letter and telephone
  • Handover to other teams to facilitate safe and effective transition of care between services in order to provide seamless support for patients.
  • Coach patients, their families and carers to ensure they are informed, available and prepared for investigations.
  • To perform regular audit of specialist systems to ensure patient reviews are performed at correct interval periods and all follow up actions are completed to agreed schedule.


As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
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