Gynaecology Cancer Care Coordinator

Job summary

We are looking for a compassionate and motivated individual to work as an integral member of the specialist gynaecology cancer care team, providing support to the cancer clinical nurse specialists to ensure patients receive personalised care from the point of a cancer diagnosis throughout their pathway. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work with patients and positively impact their experience of care by supporting them throughout the challenges a cancer diagnosis can present.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the implementation of Personalised Care for people affected by cancer including:

o Working with the clinical nurse specialists when implementing Personalised Care Interventions including:o assisting with and/or delivering holistic needs assessments and producing associated care and support planso Personalised Stratified Follow-up, i.e. risk-stratified remote monitoring and surveillanceo Provide a single point of access, including rapid re-entry into the system for those people identified as having urgent or specialist needso Communicating effectively (daily and directly, face-to-face and telephone) with a range of individuals on various levels, e.g. patients, relatives, carers, other health/social care professionals and community workers.o Providing health and well-being information and support in relation to their cancer, signposting to supportive services to enable navigation of health and social care; to empower the patient to manage their cancer.o Promoting equity for patients across Stockport.The post holder will be expected to work with all grades of medical and nursing staff, wider health / social care colleagues and community teams (including third sector and charity).

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice