Cancer Care Co-ordinator - Seaton Delaval, United Kingdom - Northumbria Primary Care

Northumbria Primary Care

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Seaton Delaval, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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An exciting opportunity to work within our PCN team which comprises of a number of diverse roles to support the delivery of key objectives as outlined in the Primary Care Network national specification documentation.

Networking with similar roles within neighbouring PCNs.
Developing and Coordinating Support for those recently diagnosed or living with Cancer

To assist the Primary Care Network (PCN) in delivering improvements to the services we provide our patients in relation to the following aspects of patient care

Participation in national cancer screening programmes
Ensuring robust and supportive referral practices are in place for patients suspected of having cancer; including use of guidelines, professional development and safety netting of those referred
Working collaboratively to shorten timescales of diagnostic intervals.
In support of collaborative working the post holder will form productive and supportive relationships with practice staff who have the skills, knowledge and remit to contribute to this work. e.g. GP practice non clinical cancer champions, social prescribers and secretaries.

Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 50,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.

We have regular monthly education timeout sessions as well as a quarterly NPC practice wide education sessions covering a range of topics dictated by the needs of our clinicians.

We are a forward thinking organisation and as part of our culture we are embracing new technologies to improve the services we offer our patients.

We understand the importance of listening to our patients, and are not afraid to make changes following feedback.

We are keen to share our learning and if you are considering a change of direction for your practice, do not hesitate to contact us.

To assist the Primary Care Network (PCN) in delivering improvements to the services we provide our patients in relation to the following aspects of patient care
Participation in national cancer screening programmes
Ensuring robust and supportive referral practices are in place for patients suspected of having cancer; including use of guidelines, professional development and safety netting of those referred
Working collaboratively to shorten timescales of diagnostic intervals.
In support of collaborative working the post holder will form productive and supportive relationships with practice staff who have the skills, knowledge and remit to contribute to this work. e.g. GP practice non clinical cancer champions, social prescribers and secretaries.
Take forward proactive monitoring and tracking of patients suspected or confirmed of having a cancer diagnosis ensuring that their journey is processed in a timely and efficient manner, in line with Cancer Waiting Time Targets.
Provide advice and support to practices on cancer audit/referral review of cancer diagnoses. To work with practices to collate the learning from case reviews to identify any trends or learning.
Develop with core staff across the PCN consistent safety netting approaches/systems to monitoring patients who have been referred urgently with suspected cancer or for further investigations to exclude the possibility of cancer.
Provide the PCN with support to host peertopeer learning events that look at data and trends in diagnosis and screening across a Network. Including appropriate contributors from other organisations
Source appropriate resources, training, system examples from appropriate organization such as the Northern Cancer Alliance, Cancer Research UK, Macmillan and local authority partners.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the PCN. This means demonstrating a leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries where direct management or influence may be limited.