Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Cancer Patient Pathway Navigator

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Job summary

We are recruiting for a Cancer Patient Pathway Navigator who wishes to join our Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists Team at #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients and staff receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards great people, great place.

The opportunity has arisen to recruit a full time Cancer Patient Pathway Navigator for a fixed term of 24 months.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Cancer Care Navigator to provide administration support to the Cancer Teams, Chemotherapy unit and Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Team. This includes supporting the delivery of clinical and administrative tasks related to bookings of outpatient appointments, recording of cancer nurse specialist activity, monitoring telephones and assisting with development of Risk Stratified Pathways, Health Promotion and follow-up services on the Isle of Wight.

Main duties of the job

This role will work closely with key areas of the Trust, forging close working relationships with the visiting consultants from the Cancer Centres, the medical and cancer teams.

It is essential that you possess a high level of up-to-date relevant knowledge, secretarial and administration skills, and practical experience in dealing with patients who have cancer, oncology or specialist palliative care needs.

Working with the cancer nursing team, this post will assist with the implementation and assessment of the service against the NHSi Quality Measures, the development of services, and the supporting of patients undergoing systemic anti-cancer treatment. The administrator will co-ordinate the bookings of clinic appointments, prescription organisation, further treatment scheduling and communicate with the whole cancer workforce on the island and with our partnerships on the mainland.

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

About us

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trusts beach hut in Ryde. We offer flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.

Details

Date posted

20 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

24 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

470-23-0095-KS-1

Job locations

St Mary's Hospital

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

For further information or informal discussion please contact Anne Snow, Consultant Cancer Nurse on 01983 822099 ext. 4379.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

For further information or informal discussion please contact Anne Snow, Consultant Cancer Nurse on 01983 822099 ext. 4379.

Person Specification

Physical Skills

Essential

  • Self-motivated, and able to work independently as well as a team player.
  • Excellent administrative & organisational skills
  • Ability to work under pressure, multi-task and achieve tight deadlines
  • Flexible approach
  • Ability to prioritise work
  • Ability to use discretion and work with complex sensitive information

Communictaion Skills

Essential

  • Evidence of ability to act as single point of contact for patients at every stage of their cancer pathway
  • Evidence of good communication and listening skills - direct, telephone and interpersonal

Essential

Essential

  • NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification or experience
  • GCSE English or equivalent
  • GCSE Mathematics or equivalent
  • Advanced IT skills
  • Previous experience of working within a healthcare setting
  • Basic understanding of the patient journey

Desirable

  • Advanced applications on Somerset Cancer Register
Person Specification

Physical Skills

Essential

  • Self-motivated, and able to work independently as well as a team player.
  • Excellent administrative & organisational skills
  • Ability to work under pressure, multi-task and achieve tight deadlines
  • Flexible approach
  • Ability to prioritise work
  • Ability to use discretion and work with complex sensitive information

Communictaion Skills

Essential

  • Evidence of ability to act as single point of contact for patients at every stage of their cancer pathway
  • Evidence of good communication and listening skills - direct, telephone and interpersonal

Essential

Essential

  • NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification or experience
  • GCSE English or equivalent
  • GCSE Mathematics or equivalent
  • Advanced IT skills
  • Previous experience of working within a healthcare setting
  • Basic understanding of the patient journey

Desirable

  • Advanced applications on Somerset Cancer Register

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Lead Cancer Nurse

Anne Snow

anne.snow1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

20 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

24 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

470-23-0095-KS-1

Job locations

St Mary's Hospital

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG


Supporting documents

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