Cancer Pathway Manager (XN04)

Job summary

Expected Shortlisting Date

31/03/2026

Planned Interview Date

16/04/2026

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to the right candidate to join our dynamic endoscopy service as a cancer pathway manager You will work closely alongside the clinical endoscopists and clinical nurse specialists on the lower GI nurse led pathway. Receiving referrals from primary care and recording and information on the patient journey from the point of referral to diagnostic testing and post procedure care. You will be responsible for tracking the patient throughout their journey post procedure to the point of treatment, other speciality or discharge.

This is a challenging and rewarding role and offers a fantastic opportunity for you to join an excellent team that prioritises high quality patient centred care.

Main duties of the job

-Communicate with other specialities, confirming procedures are requested and booked.

-Direct communication with patients as advised by the clinical team.

-Communicate information on the patients progress in the high-risk meetings and managers team meetings.

-Develop positive working relationships with all members of the team, liaising with medical and administrative colleagues and AQP provider services.

-Support the clinical and business teams in delivering timely care and services to meet health care needs and service delivery targets.

Main duties of the job

Work closely with other specialities, managers, administration and Independent Sectors to deliver a coordinated, consistent management of patient suspected/cancer pathways.

Monitor the patients on the data base and check daily to ensure that escalation points are adhered to.

Utilise reports in the PPM Database to monitor patients and identify delays for action.

Ensure patients are booked into next appointments in line with national standards & Trust policies, communicating with key personnel to action upgrade to fast-track where required.

Highlight to Assistant Business Managers for escalation, those patients whose progress is likely to fall outside the agreed timescales.

Liaise with other specialities and trusts to ensure that the diagnostic and treatments are sought in a timely fashion.

Ensuring the Large Polyps are tracked excel and highlighted for discussion at MDT meetings, when results etc are available.

Ensuring MDT members know which patients are listed for MDT for discussion

Ensuring that diagnostic test results, pathology and audio/visual equipment etc. are available for each patient.

Commitment to providing high quality evidence-based care to patients and their carers.

Commitment to the clinical area valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and creative working environment.

Commitment to own development and the unit

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centered

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally, the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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