System Patient Pathway Navigator for Head & Neck and Skin Cancer
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated individuals to join Head &Neck team. We are looking for individual who is passionate about delivering cancer targets by ensuring a co-ordinated and smooth service for patients through their pathway.
The Cancer Patient Pathway Navigator role will be involved from the beginning of the patients pathway and will support the clinical teams in implementing early diagnostic pathways for patients with suspected cancer to achieve definitive diagnosis by day 28. They will ensure all patients move through the pathway without delay which will ultimately lead to a quicker diagnosis and treatment. This will also require to ensure patient care transferred to Cancer centers (other trust i.e St Georges or Royal Marsden) in a timely fashion and all necessary steps taken to avoid any delays in the pathway.
The post holder will be expected to work closely with different teams - internal and external stakeholders.
Post is for 37.5 hours per week and will involve working trust-wide and cancer centers occasionally. The hours will be 7.5 hours, Monday - Friday between 8 - 5.
Main duties of the job
Post holder need to have excellent communication skills to liaise with a wide range of health professionals to ensure tests and appointments are coordinated and scheduled in a timely manner. Any delays are escalated in real-time .
The ideal candidate will have an understanding of cancer targets and patient pathways. It is desirable that they have previous NHS experience in a patient-facing role, a good level of education, experience of using cancer database, clinical IT systems, and are competent in Microsoft Office packages. We are looking for enthusiastic and conscientious team players with excellent time-management and organizational skills who can work autonomously and well under pressure.
About us
Above all we value RESPECT
It helps us to live our behaviours:
- Kind
- Positive
- Professional
- Teamwork.
So we can achieve our mission statement:outstanding care, every day.
Date posted
15 May 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,720 to £39,769 a year pa incl HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
343-5101171-FM-NP-C-Z
Job locations
cross site
St Helier Hospital, Green Wrythe Lane
Carshalton
SM5 1AA
Employer details
Employer name
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
cross site
St Helier Hospital, Green Wrythe Lane
Carshalton
SM5 1AA
Employer's website
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