Lin Acc Support Worker - Salford, United Kingdom - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
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Salford, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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The post-holder is responsible for the provision of high quality and comprehensive day-to-day clinical, administrative and clerical support within the Radiotherapy department based at The Christie at Salford.

The individual is expected to carry out delegated clinical, administrative and clerical support and to ensure appropriate care, information and support is given to all patients and their carer's.


The provision of comprehensive support for treatment machines, pre-treatment imaging, mould room and clinics held within The Christie network through the efficient management of workload to achieve a high standard of patient care.


Provide reception cover for the department as well as collation, input and analysis of relevant patient data while problem solving and communicating effectively.

Working under the direction of the medical team to undertake routine and specifically identified tasks once training and competencies have been completed.

Although not exhaustive this will include, patient observations, phlebotomy and taking glucometer readings.


The post holder must contribute to the efficient running of the service, and work within The Christie NHS Foundation Trust policies and Health & Safety legislation.


Communication Skills:


  • Ensuring accurate recording/input of treatment and planning data
  • Organising and scheduling patient appointments
  • Greeting and escorting patients
  • Assisting patients with appointment queries

Knowledge, training and experience:


  • Problem solving & forward thinking
  • Uses knowledge of integrated clinical information systems for collating data and adding referrals
  • Data input and radiotherapy completion tasks
  • Where applicable, provides retrieval of medical documents for clinical information including those from other Trusts

Personal Skills:


  • Liaises with the multidisciplinary team to ensure that adequate information and support is available to patients

Planning and Organisation:


  • Triage and management of radiotherapy booking forms
  • Booking and scheduling of radiotherapy planning and treatment appointments across all sites

Other Responsibilities:


  • Is responsible for stock control in areas of work
  • Is responsible for the production and processing of all relevant completion letters following a patient's treatment
  • Creation of Follow up appointments on treatment completion

Patient Care:


  • Undertake a range of different delegated duties across the Radiotherapy Department set by the line manager (including phlebotomy and blood glucose monitoring)
  • Record patient information and data and contribute to the implementation of patients clinical care packages

Effort:


  • Patient transfer
  • Manual handling tasks as required
The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year.

We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year.

Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.


The Christie at Salford opened in 2011 and is one of three Christie satellite centres delivering Radiotherapy to patients closer to their homes.

The support team works closely with the radiographers and medical team providing administration, practical and clinical support for patients.


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Communication Skills

  • Provides support to the department by ensuring accurate recording of treatment and planning data, organising and scheduling patient appointments, greeting and escorting patients and assisting patients with appointment queries
  • To assist and support radiotherapy staff to support the patients' physical, clinical and emotional needs whilst attending. This includes care of postoperative patients, changing dressings, tracheostomy support, and working with patients that have communication difficulties due to their condition
  • Provides and receives routine information using tact, empathetic and reassurance skills towards patients and carers
  • Liaises between all Christie radiotherapy centers, host sites and community where appropriate
Knowledge, training and experience

  • Uses knowledge of integrated clinical information system for case note tracking and collating of data for referrals
  • Data input and radiotherapy completion tasks
  • Where applicable, provides retrieval of medical documents for clinical information including t
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