Skin Cancer Pathway Navigator

Job summary

An extremely exciting and unique opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic individual to join the Cancer Services team in a new innovative position of Skin Cancer Pathway Navigator at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

The Cancer Services team are implementing an early diagnostic pathway for patients with a suspected cancer to achieve definitive diagnosis by day 28 following referral by the GP. The navigator (this role) will be involved from the beginning of the pathway to work both directly and indirectly with both patients and their carers to assist in coordinating the patient pathway. The role of the navigator will be to improve the timeliness of the patient journey and the patient's experience.

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidate will be a dynamic, flexible individual with advanced IT, administrative, secretarial and organisational skills. The individual must have strong IT skills and have the ability to work effectively alone but also as part of a team. The post holder will be required to have excellent communication skills and an ability to deal with complex situations with patients, service users and clinicians over the phone and in person.

The ideal candidate would have good medical terminology and a strong awareness of a hospital (or similar) environment.

An ability to work autonomously and to respond quickly to requests is required in addition to the ability to use your own initiative.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk