Cancer Navigator - Speciality Medicine - Band 4

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for 2 x Cancer Navigators to join the Speciality Medicine Clinical Business Unit within the Medicine Division. This is a 7 month Fixed Term Contract until March 2024

These post are to be based at a ULHT hospital site. Candidates must be able to travel to other ULHT sites as required.

The Cancer Navigator post will play a pivotal role in triaging, navigating and tracking patients along their pathway, co-ordinating all hospital appointments, investigations and their treatment, whilst also identifying and escalating patients who may potentially breach national and local waiting time targets and Cancer Standards, taking appropriate positive action to negate this possibility.

The post holder will work effectively across the Medicine division and specialities involved in the delivery of cancer services, by providing high quality person centred care to patients whom are on a cancer pathway. The post holder will engage with and work alongside the senior medical staff, nursing staff, other health care professionals, management and administration teams, support services and partner organisations within the network as required to improve the patient journey.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will possess excellent IT skills, knowledge of medical terminology and will have a good working knowledge of cancer pathways and cancer waiting times within an acute NHS Trust setting.

You must also be a confident communicator with the ability to liaise accurately with a wide range of different professional groups (both clinical and non-clinical).

Among your skills will be the ability to work in a fast moving, challenging environment while being able to keep focused on the job in hand.

The successful candidate will also have the following skills:-

• Be able to analyse problems and suggest suitable solutions
• Be able to prioritise tasks, work to deadlines and manage own time
• Good interpersonal skills
• Effective negotiation and influencing skills
• Have the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Be able to work effectively in a team
• Be adaptable to change
• Knowledge of all cancer waiting times/targets
• Competent in use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outloo

About us

What's the hospital like?

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the new medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

Louth Hospital is set on the edge of the Wolds and serves the communities of Louth and the local area. It provides day case surgery, outpatients, and x-ray and endoscopy services

If you want to make a difference and be part of something new and exciting then we would love to hear from you so, what are you waiting for?!

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