Cancer Pathway Coordinator - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Description
Band 4Main area
- Admin and Clerical
Grade
- Band 4
Contract
- Fixed term: 18 months
Hours
- Full time hours per week
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Site
- Nottingham University Hospitals
Town
- Nottingham
Salary
- £23,949 - £26,282 per annum
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Salary period
- Yearly
Closing
- Today at 23:59Job overview
An interesting and exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join Cancer Services at Nottingham University hospitals as a Cancer Pathway Coordinator.
The post holder will be responsible for tracking cancer patients in line with national cancer targets and will facilitate data collection for suspected/ diagnosed cancer patients, entering the information onto appropriate database(s).
The post holder will need to be flexible and self-motivated with a good attention to detail and the initiative to work independently as well as a team.
This post is key in providing high quality information and ensuring patient's progress effectively on the cancer pathway.
The post holder will work closely with staff across the wider trust including clinicians, general managers, deputy managers, nurses, secretaries and other administrative staff.
Ideally the post holder will have previous experience working within the NHS and previous administrative experience with an understanding of cancer plans, standards and targets but it is not essential.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Please note this role has no direct face to face patient contact.
Working for our organisation
Working in a friendly and welcoming environment, we are looking for someone who enjoys a challenge and who will thrive on the fast-paced thought-provoking work ahead.
The post-holder will be an enthusiastic person, a team player with a 'can do' attitude; keen to build relationships across the organisation in order to improve the Trusts' digital maturity and self-service use of data.
To achieve in this role, post-holder should be flexible enough to adapt to new technologies and at the same time equipped to shape the stack of existing solutions.
It is crucial to have exceptionally strong attention to detail and a willingness to work around the needs of the team and organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
Cancer Pathway Co-ordination
Using hospital systems, proactively manage the patient pathway for all tumour sites by monitoring, reporting and recording tracking events, ensuring that the patient's journey is processed in a timely and efficient manner, in line with the Cancer Waiting Times (CWT) Targets.
Work with Cancer Pathway Managers to ensure the pathway reflects the requirements agreed for each tumour site timeline.
Provide weekly updates to the Cancer Pathway management team and the wider divisions regarding the progress of individual patients in the diagnostics stage, escalating issues and delays in a patient's pathway as identified by the Cancer PTL.
To gain an understanding of the medical terminology of diagnosis and treatments for cancer in order to fully understand the patients pathway.
Ensure effective communication with nursing staff, medical teams, management and other coordinators to ensure the organisation and coordination of timely management of all patients on a cancer pathway.
Send and receive tertiary referrals and investigation / treatments results for patients from other provider organisations in line with local agreements and national targets.
Data Collection and Analysis
Ensuring data collection is undertaken in a prospective manner, assuring accuracy at all times.
Analysing target breaches and reporting any anomalies to the Cancer Pathway Managers and Head of Performance.
Work with clinical teams to assist in the collection and recording of items for Nation Cancer Clinical data sets e.g.
This post provides an exciting opportunity to develop your skills for possible career development within the NHS and we highly recommend an informal visit for more information.
Our Trust provides hospital services to a growing population living across Nottinghamshire and the surrounding areas across three busy hospital sites therefore travel between hospital sites may be required.
The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Person specificationCommitments to Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behav
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