Dermatology Cancer Support Worker - Hereford, United Kingdom - Wye Valley NHS Trust

Wye Valley NHS Trust

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Hereford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

The Cancer Support Worker will work closely with the cancer dermatology team ensuring the effective delivery of the living with and beyond cancer programme at Wye Valley NHS Trust.

Specifically the post involves supporting clinical teams to identify patients following a cancer diagnosis to be offered a Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) and provided support with their Health & Wellbeing, both face to face, via telephone or in group sessions.

They will also assist the LW&BC team to co-ordinate and collect data relevant to treatment summaries and holistic needs assessments (HNA).

Identify all patients who have recently received a cancer diagnosis and offer a Holistic Needs Assessment.
Able to utilise an electronic Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) to investigate the patient's holistic needs and assist care planning / signposting accordingly.
Provide Health & Wellbeing education and guidance to help to empower patients.
Signpost and refer patients to suitable services both internal and external to help address patient's holistic concerns.
Contribute in the delivery of the HOPE course (Help to Overcome Problems Effectively), designed to support to help patients who have had/ or have cancer to get on with their lives.
Given advice about how to minimise the risk of developing further cancerrelated problems.
Support the teams in the tracking of patients to ensure all patients receive a treatment summary following cancer treatment
Assured confidentiality and discretion at all times when discussing their personal details and needs. This also relates to those close to the patient.
Given advice about possible signs of recurrence or longterm effects of treatment.
Enabled to reaccess specialist services without delay should they need to do so.
Support with the delivery and development of the LW&BC program.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman:
"The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view 'supporting documents' linked to this vacancy.