Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8AM to 4PM)
- Job ref
- 390-COD-BR-0265
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Broomfield
- Town
- Chelmsford
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 Per annum (Pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Cancer Patient Navigator
Band 4
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our team as a Cancer Patient Navigator.
The role of the cancer patient navigator is to provide specialist knowledge for the pathway of cancer patients across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The role will facilitate the smooth running of the patient journey by ensuring that the pathway is coordinated, streamlined and all processes revolve around the patient and their individual needs.
The role will have a primary base at Broomfield hospital and will provide cross-cover within the tumor site teams to ensure a consistent and effective support for all cancer sub specialties is maintained at all times.
This role may include hybrid working.
Main duties of the job
If successful you will work directly and indirectly with patients and their carers, and be responsible for capturing information about patients, ensuring up-to-date relevant information is recorded on the patient record and Trust systems.
You will have a good knowledge and understanding of patient complete pathways. As a key requirement of this role, the post holder will have excellent communication and organisational skills, together with a high attention to detail and levels of accuracy.
The role will support and work within the clinical nurse teams to support whilst directly reporting to the cancer business partners in order to transform the current processes.
The role will have a primary base at one of the three hospitals and will provide cross-cover within the tumour site teams to ensure a consistent and effective support for all cancer sub specialities is maintained at all times
Working for our organisation
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking, and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of specialist functional and medical terms demonstrated in supporting information
- Previous administrative experience within a healthcare setting
- Experience of applying hospital administration systems
- Knowledge and understanding of key access targets i.e. 31 day and 62 day cancer demonstrated in supporting information
Desirable criteria
- High level of proficiency in MS Office
- Previous experience working with data input
- Understanding purpose of PTL's demonstrated through work history or supporting information
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good level of education e.g. A-Level/NVQ Level 3 or relevant experience
Desirable criteria
- Cancer Waiting Time Knowledge demonstrated work history and/or supporting information
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caroline Dagley
- Job title
- Deputy Service Delivery Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01245 515284
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