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SalarySite: Lincoln and Boston
1 x 37.5 hour post - 12 month fixed term for maternity cover from 1st April 2024
We have an exciting opportunity for a Cancer Pathway Co-ordinator to join our dynamic team in Cancer Services.
As a key member of the Cancer Services Department, the post holder will engage with and work alongside the Clinical Divisions, senior medical staff, nursing staff, other health care professionals and partner organisations within the Network across the patient journey. The Cancer Pathway Co-ordinators play a pivotal role in supporting the cancer teams by navigating and tracking patients along their pathway, co-ordinating all hospital appointments, investigations through to treatment.
They will provide support to the Cancer Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings which are held on a regular basis and where individual patient management plans are discussed.
The role ensures there is effective co-operation between the Clinical Divisions and other departments involved in the delivery of cancer services including:
Using the cancer management information system for recording clinical and performance data
Proactively managing waiting times for individual cancer patients
Support service improvement to streamline the patient journey and improve the quality of patient care
Co-ordinate MDT meetings in accordance with the National Cancer Peer Review standards
Evaluate and contribute to the development of this role and the role of Cancer Pathway Administrator
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 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 keyboard skills, coupled with working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Good listening skills
Effective negotiation and influencing skills
Have the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
Be able to work effectively in a team
Adaptable to change
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. your NHS needs you!
