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The Leys GP Partnership

Cancer Screening Co-Ordinator

The closing date is 13 July 2025

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Job summary

Job summary

Would you be interested in joining our friendly team of multidisciplinary healthcare professionals? SEOxHA PCN is looking for a Cancer Care Coordinator. The successful candidate will be based in a local cluster of General Practices as part of the PCN. You will need to be caring, dedicated, reliable and person-focussed and enjoy working with a wide range of people. You will have good written and verbal communication skills and strong organisational and time management skills. We are looking for someone who is highly motivated and proactive with a flexible attitude, keen to work and learn as part of a team and committed to providing people, their families and carers with high quality support.

If you are interested in developing your skills in primary care, then we would love to hear from you. Salary is negotiable depending on experience and qualifications up to band 4 AfC equivalent.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

Care coordinators play an important role within a PCN to proactively identify and work with constituent practices to evaluate their screening uptake and reduce health inequalities by enhancing processes to track and follow up non-responders. The individual will work with the PCN team, supporting them to implement and deliver the NHS England Early Cancer Diagnosis Designated Enhanced Service by reviewing practice data and working with partners to design and implement plans to improve uptake of the national screening programmes. The post-holder will ensure non responder patients receive appropriate information, and support as needed to book screening appointments. They will also support the practices within the PCN to ensure they have access to resources for the national screening programmes and that these are tailored to the practice population.

About us

he SEOxHA Network delivers health and wellbeing services to a population of 33,000. The local community is a rich blend of cultures and diverse backgrounds.

This is a unique opportunity to develop the role within the Primary Care Network (PCN) and work with other team members to develop the PCN as a whole.

There are clinical pharmacists and a pharmacy technician, social prescribing link workers, and learning disability & care home patient coordinators in the PCN.

Details

Date posted

11 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,732.50 a year Pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A2763-25-0010

Job locations

The Leys Health Centre

Dunnock Way

Oxford

OX4 7EX


Job description

Job responsibilities

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

From 2028 55,000 more people will survive five years following a diagnosis of cancer. To achieve this about 75% of cancer patients need to survive five years. Currently just over 50% of patients survive 5 years.

By 2028 75 per cent of cancers will be diagnosed at an early stage (stage 1 or 2). Currently just over 50 per cent of patients are diagnosed at an early stage.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

To assist the Primary Care Network (PCN) in delivering improvements to the services we provide our patients in relation to the following aspects of patient care - Participation in national cancer screening programmes.

In support of collaborative working the post holder will form productive and supportive relationships with practice staff who have the skills, knowledge and remit to contribute to this work. e.g., GP practice non clinical cancer champions, social prescribers, pharmacists, secretaries etc.

The post holder will assist the PCN constituent practices to evaluate their screening uptake and engage underserved populations to reduce health inequalities. This will include working alongside practices to enhance processes to track and follow-up screening non-responders.

Provide the PCN with support to host peer-to-peer learning events that look at data and trends in diagnosis and screening across a Network. Including appropriate contributors from other organisations.

Source appropriate resources, training, system examples from appropriate organization such as the Cancer Alliance, Cancer Research UK, Macmillan, and local authority partners.

Be a point of contact for PCN member Practices to develop and implement their cancer screening improvement action plans.

Create a Library of PCN data packs and other resources to support the delivery of information to patients in a wide variety of formats to meet the needs of all patient groups, including those with Learning Disabilities, and people for whom English is not a first language.

Review practice coding for report building and templates to ensure consistency across the PCN and accuracy of data. Identify coding anomalies and liaise with Ardens (template and reports used by all member practices).

Provide administrative support for project evaluation and feedback

Job description

Job responsibilities

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

From 2028 55,000 more people will survive five years following a diagnosis of cancer. To achieve this about 75% of cancer patients need to survive five years. Currently just over 50% of patients survive 5 years.

By 2028 75 per cent of cancers will be diagnosed at an early stage (stage 1 or 2). Currently just over 50 per cent of patients are diagnosed at an early stage.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

To assist the Primary Care Network (PCN) in delivering improvements to the services we provide our patients in relation to the following aspects of patient care - Participation in national cancer screening programmes.

In support of collaborative working the post holder will form productive and supportive relationships with practice staff who have the skills, knowledge and remit to contribute to this work. e.g., GP practice non clinical cancer champions, social prescribers, pharmacists, secretaries etc.

The post holder will assist the PCN constituent practices to evaluate their screening uptake and engage underserved populations to reduce health inequalities. This will include working alongside practices to enhance processes to track and follow-up screening non-responders.

Provide the PCN with support to host peer-to-peer learning events that look at data and trends in diagnosis and screening across a Network. Including appropriate contributors from other organisations.

Source appropriate resources, training, system examples from appropriate organization such as the Cancer Alliance, Cancer Research UK, Macmillan, and local authority partners.

Be a point of contact for PCN member Practices to develop and implement their cancer screening improvement action plans.

Create a Library of PCN data packs and other resources to support the delivery of information to patients in a wide variety of formats to meet the needs of all patient groups, including those with Learning Disabilities, and people for whom English is not a first language.

Review practice coding for report building and templates to ensure consistency across the PCN and accuracy of data. Identify coding anomalies and liaise with Ardens (template and reports used by all member practices).

Provide administrative support for project evaluation and feedback

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience: Previous admin and clerical experience within the NHS or similar field
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience: Previous admin and clerical experience within the NHS or similar field

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.

Employer details

Employer name

The Leys GP Partnership

Address

The Leys Health Centre

Dunnock Way

Oxford

OX4 7EX


Employer's website

https://www.theleyshealthcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Leys GP Partnership

Address

The Leys Health Centre

Dunnock Way

Oxford

OX4 7EX


Employer's website

https://www.theleyshealthcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Executive Manager Seoxha PCN

Christopher Bushell

christopherbushell@nhs.net

07935834181

Details

Date posted

11 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,732.50 a year Pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A2763-25-0010

Job locations

The Leys Health Centre

Dunnock Way

Oxford

OX4 7EX


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