South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cancer Pathway Co-ordinator

Information:

This job is now closed

Job summary

This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

An Opportunity has arisen within Cancer Performance department for a motivated and dedicated Cancer Pathway Co-ordinator

Job purpose is to provide support in Monitoring the Cancer Pathway. Ensuring that all cancer patients referred via the 2WW route are treated within national cancer waiting times targets to ensure delivery of subsequent standards (if appropriate).

The post holder will be allocated to a particular cancer site and will be point of contact for all specific cancer tracking queries. They will be responsible for providing waiting times and cancer outcomes data, monitoring, and data collection. The post holder will also be required to ensure the patients pathway is recorded accurately on the Infoflex cancer database in a live environment.

This is a busy and demanding role so candidates will need to be enthusiastic, highly motivated and have a flexible approach to their role to ensure the needs of the service are met. They will have the flexibility to respond to requests from specialties, and will be able to work under their own initiative. Applicants should also have excellent organisational and communications skills, be able to work under pressure whilst ensuring all deadlines are achieved.

Main duties of the job

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate you have significant experience in managing patient pathways. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to negotiate and liaise effectively within a team based environment.

A highly visible presence in the department is expected ensuring a responsive and proactive service to patients and staff

Please note this post will close at sufficient applicants.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the New and Aspiring leaders programme, and the Foundation Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. After you complete this one and a half day of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Details

Date posted

13 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CP-6127021

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 3 or above Business Administration or Equivalent, or willing to work towards
  • Demonstrable high level of numeracy and literacy in Maths and English Grade C

Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and listening) with proven experience of dealing with a wide and complex range of stakeholders and matters.
  • Demonstrate a sound understanding of the national cancer performance targets

Desirable

  • Knowledge and understanding of the NHS in wider context.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 3 or above Business Administration or Equivalent, or willing to work towards
  • Demonstrable high level of numeracy and literacy in Maths and English Grade C

Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and listening) with proven experience of dealing with a wide and complex range of stakeholders and matters.
  • Demonstrate a sound understanding of the national cancer performance targets

Desirable

  • Knowledge and understanding of the NHS in wider context.

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

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Cancer & Access Performance Manager

Nicki Hurn

nicki.hurn@nhs.net

01642854784

Details

Date posted

13 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CP-6127021

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Supporting documents

Privacy notice

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)