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Job overview

We are pleased to be recruiting to an exciting new role at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust supported by Cancer Alliance’s Cancer Transformation.

The Cancer Navigator will take responsibility for the implementation, delivery and evaluation of a new service for cancer patients who are admitted to RWT with a cancer related condition. The aim of the service is to provide information and support about cancer and cancer services, to enable people to navigate the health and social care system and make choices that are best for their cancer care.
The Cancer Navigator will be part of the wider cancer services support team working closely with all the cancer clinical teams, hospital based teams, cancer CNS's and support workers, Cancer Services, psychology and AHP services and the Macmillan Information and Support Centre to assist the coordination of patient care. The post holder will be the key contact for patients on self-management programmes.
The remit will involve individual holistic assessment as well as the development and co-ordination of personalised care for patients and their families. The Cancer Navigator will be expected to provide emotional support, advice and signpost patients to the appropriate services.
The RWT and community across Wolverhampton has a comprehensive range of services for cancer patients helping them before, during and after treatment to promote and sustain recovery and manage any consequences of treatment.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure patients and careers are treated with dignity and respect and in keeping with the RWT approach and Macmillan values.

• Provide dedicated and knowledgeable support to patients receiving care and treatment at RWT
• Demonstrate a broad understanding of cancer treatments offered within RWT and tertiary centres.
• Attend MDT meetings and provide assistance to the CNS with arranging tests, investigations and outpatient appointments as a result of MDT decisions
• Co-ordinate the transfer of care between service teams, or facilitation of service provision across interfaces of care – for example primary and secondary care
• Refer to other team members when appropriate and following discussion with the Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Develop good working relationships and liaison between other departments and Healthcare 

• professionals within the RWT
• Assess patients using Holistic Needs Assessment Tool and document accordingly.
• Participate in initiatives to explore patient experience and service feedback
• Use computer skills to document assessments.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.