Surgical Navigator

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Thoracic Surgical navigation team based at Wythenshawe Hospital. You will be responsible for tracking patients to the relevant cancer pathways and targets. You would be expect to liaise with local hospitals and cancer services departments to obtain results and reports and escalate any delays to prevent delays in the cancer pathways.

You would be responsible for the booking of appointments and informing patients of these.

1 x 37.5 hr permanent position

Main duties of the job

You would be responsible for the analysis and adjustment of complex patient pathways and able to support and advise both internal and external clinical teams and patients.

Ensure that every patient and health care professional that utilises the MFT Thoracic surgical service has an excellent experience of it.

Assist medical staff to triage patients into the service and identify those patients suitable for prehabilitation and clinical trials.

Track patients throughout their journey, against the relevant patient pathways ensuring that patients are managed well within the relevant national target, liaising with the relevant ward/department. Take appropriate action/escalate any delays with the relevant clinician and directorate management teams to prevent target breaches. Daily use of the live tracking boards.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.