Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Navigator for the Faster Diagnostic Standard (RDS)

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Job summary

The Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) is a key part of the NHS's long term plan for cancer care.

FDS has been introduced to ensure patients who are referred for suspected cancer receive a timely diagnosis.

Navigators co-ordinate all aspects of the RDS pathway, both face to face and virtually: organising appointments, acting as a support and information role for others within the service.

The Faster Diagnosis Standard will:

reduce the time between referral and diagnosis of cancer
reduce anxiety for patients, who will receive a diagnosis or an 'all clear' but do not currently receive this message in a timely manner
work alongside the delivery of the 62-day referral to treatment cancer waiting times standard, including the standard to reduce waiting times, through improved analysis and pathway improvements of faster diagnosis
contribute towards the NHS Long Term Plan commitments for earlier diagnosis, including that, by 2028, 55,000 more people each year will survive their cancer for five years or more, and 75% of people with cancer will be diagnosed at an early stage (stage one or two).

Main duties of the job

The role of the RDS Navigator is integral to the individual cancer teams developing and monitoring the pathways of care for their group of patients. The post holder will have a pivotal role in enabling the Trust and individual cancer teams to deliver a high standard of care and communication throughout the pathway. Effective tracking of the pathways will also facilitate the Trust in achieving National Cancer Waiting Times Standards, National Cancer Peer Review Measures, and other Cancer performance and data collection targets
The post holder will be responsible for the organisation and tracking of a defined group of patients across all departments to which they may transverse (radiology, pathology etc). These patients may need to be identified from other sources and tracked. The post holder will also provide day to day intelligence about progress against Patient Tracking List (PTL) plans, troubleshooting blockages in patient June 2021 pathway and providing proactive information in anticipation of potential problems, actively escalating as necessary.
The post holder is responsible for ensuring accurate information is electronically stored in a timely and co-ordinated manner, including collection of data for audits.
The post holder will work unsupervised for most of the time but will be supported as necessary by core members of the RDS and Cancer Services Teams.

About us

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Date posted

07 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

434-SCS6725415

Job locations

Wycombe Hospital

Queen Alexandra Road

High Wycombe

HP11 2TT

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

Educated to GCSE standard including English and maths / computer studies or equivalent.

Desirable

Knowledge of medical terminology is a distinct advantage

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Experience of managing a discrete body of work to ensure timescales are met.
Office experience giving a good grounding and background to the tasks.

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

Excellent and compassionate communication skills
Collation and provision of accurate and appropriate clinical and other information for multidisciplinary teams so that clinical decisions can be made for benefit of patients
Good keyboard skills are required to ensure provision of an efficient, confidential and accurate service to multi-disciplinary stsaff.
Clear and concise written and verbal communication to ensure accuracy of information being required or transferred

Desirable

Ability to prioritise; respond to requests from several nurse teams at any one time
Knowledge of Trust systems for the day 2 Interview and to day administration.

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential

Ability to travel between sites and other hospitals to attend meetings and training

Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

Educated to GCSE standard including English and maths / computer studies or equivalent.

Desirable

Knowledge of medical terminology is a distinct advantage

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Experience of managing a discrete body of work to ensure timescales are met.
Office experience giving a good grounding and background to the tasks.

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

Excellent and compassionate communication skills
Collation and provision of accurate and appropriate clinical and other information for multidisciplinary teams so that clinical decisions can be made for benefit of patients
Good keyboard skills are required to ensure provision of an efficient, confidential and accurate service to multi-disciplinary stsaff.
Clear and concise written and verbal communication to ensure accuracy of information being required or transferred

Desirable

Ability to prioritise; respond to requests from several nurse teams at any one time
Knowledge of Trust systems for the day 2 Interview and to day administration.

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential

Ability to travel between sites and other hospitals to attend meetings and training

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

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Wycombe Hospital

Queen Alexandra Road

High Wycombe

HP11 2TT

Employer's website

https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Wycombe Hospital

Queen Alexandra Road

High Wycombe

HP11 2TT

Employer's website

https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)