​​Band 4 Breast Cancer Pathway Navigator

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to work in the dynamic and forward thinking specialist Breast service.

We are looking for an innovative, motivated, hardworking and enthusiastic team member with excellent communication skills who has a passion and drive for delivering patient centered care and services.

The navigator is a supportive role to the Breast Surgical team, the Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists and the wider MDT within the breast cancer pathway. The role will focus primarily on working collaboratively with the clinical team to ensure patients are supported through the breast cancer pathway in a safe manner improving the quality and efficiency of the health care delivery.

The post holder will be required to provide a supportive role with regular contact with patients, external health partners and the UHB cancer team. The role will support the health care professionals with coordinating care for suspected and confirmed cancer patients in accordance to the faster diagnosis standards and the national cancer treatment targets.

Main duties of the job

Understand Trust and National targets relating to cancer and other waiting times navigating patients through their diagnostic and treatment pathways.

Co-ordinate patient care throughout the pathway to ensure timely diagnosis, treatment and follow up.

Address and support the breast cancer nursing team by responding to the often complex workload and referring more complex cases to the CNS as appropriate

Triaging calls, providing advice and support, liaising and referring patients as assessed to other healthcare professionals i.e. oncology team and primary care providers

Ensure the appropriate management of patient information and the co-ordination of patient pathways through collaborative working with medical secretaries, MDT co-ordinators, CNS's and other departments within the Trust

To proactively monitor patients' progress along their pathway, highlighting problems to the cancer and directorate management teams and escalating where necessary according to local protocols.

To understand service provision for cancer patients within the Network, the steps along the patient pathway and the associated flows of information. This will include referral processes, diagnostic and treatment options and involves using the Trust's computer systems (Clinical Portal, Concerto, PICS, Oceano).

Liaise with Tertiary Centres to ensure all diagnostic plans are delivered in a timely way to avoid delays and support compliance against the Cancer Waiting Time (CWT) targets.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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