Cancer Care Navigator

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Cancer Care Navigator to join the Gynaecology Oncology nursing team. The role focuses on supporting women with gynaecological cancers and delivering high-quality, compassionate care across the cancer pathway.

The post emphasises patient-facing responsibilities, acting as a single point of contact for patients and carers, and close collaboration with MDT Facilitators to promote coordinated, timely care.

Qualifications

• NHS experience in cancer services or a patient-facing healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Be the single point of contact for cancer patients and their carers throughout the pathway.
• Coordinate with MDT Facilitators and Diagnostic Services to ensure timely management.
• Support delivery of LWBC and provide patient-centred care.

Skills

NHS cancer experience

Patient-facing care

Job description

This exciting role is ideal for individuals with NHS experience in cancer services or a patient-facing healthcare setting. The successful applicant will become valued member of the Gynaecology Oncology nursing team, supporting women affected by gynaecological cancers and contributing to the delivery of high quality compassionate care.
The Cancer Care Navigator (CCN) will be part of the Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) team and will work very closely with the nurses to provide a single point of contact for the patients within that cancer tumour site. The role will also link closely with MDT Facilitators and Diagnostic Services to promote seamless coordination and timely management of patients at all points of the cancer pathway.
This role is patient facing; working as a direct point of contact for suspected and confirmed cancer patients and their carers throughout the whole cancer pathway. This role includes assisting in the delivery of the National Living with Beyond Cancer agenda (LWBC).
The purpose of this role is to complement and support the existing gynaecology cancer team to support patients from referral, through diagnosis and onto treatment and beyond by providing a safe, seamless, patient centred services. Maximising the health and quality of life of the patient and carers and improving the quality and efficiency of health care delivery.
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Liza Newton Job title: Lead Gynaecology Oncology CNS Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01926 495321
Tel: [phone] ext 8122