Cancer Data Co-ordinator

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Shields; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in North Shields is seeking a Cancer Data Co-ordinator to track patients through their cancer pathway, ensuring compliance with national cancer waiting times targets. The ideal candidate should have good IT skills and an understanding of medical terminology, alongside educational qualifications like GCSEs in relevant subjects and an ECDL/ICDL Certificate. Responsibilities include data extraction and maintaining standards for cancer registration. Salary ranges from £24,937 to £26,598 per annum, pro-rata.

Qualifications

• Good level of general education with required GCSE qualifications.
• Proven IT skills in a medical context.

Responsibilities

• Track patients through their cancer pathway ensuring they meet targets.
• Extract clinical and administrative data for cancer registration.
• Comply with National Cancer Waiting Times targets and deadlines.

Skills

Good IT skills

Understanding of medical terminology

Education

Minimum of 3 GCSE grades A-C in English Language, Mathematics, and a related subject

ECDL/ICDL Certificate

Job description

Go back Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Cancer Data Co-ordinator

The closing date is 01 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated person to work closely with the Cancer Performance Team on a 12 month secondment tracking patients through their cancer pathway ensuring they meet all of the National Cancer Waiting Times Targets, particularly the 28 day faster diagnosis standard. Cancer Performance Team are looking to recruit

Applicants should have a good IT skills and an understanding of medical terminology which is essential. The ability to work with concentration and accuracy and to liaise with staff at all levels is also required. The post-holder will be expected to work closely with the Cancer Pathway Coordinators in a team environment.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made.

Main duties of the job

To extract clinical and administrative data from trust systems and other agreed sources for the purpose of cancer registration, conforming to the National Cancer Registration Service (NCRS), requirements and standards, applying an understanding of the principles of cancer registration. To comply with National Cancer Waiting Times targets and deadlines.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job responsibilities

• The role involves tracking patients through their cancer pathway ensuring they meet all of the National Cancer Waiting Times Targets, paying particular attention to the first 28 days of their pathway.
• To extract clinical and administrative data from Trust IT systems and other agreed sources for the purpose of cancer registration, conforming to the National Cancer Registration Service (NCRS), requirements and standards, applying an understanding of the principles of cancer registration.
• To comply with National Cancer Waiting Times targets and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Good level of general education, with a minimum of 3 GCSE grades A-C in English Language, Mathematics and another related subject or equivalent qualification and/or experience.
• ECDL/ICDL Certificate

Experience

• A base level of theoretical knowledge covering: medical, and specifically cancer terminology oncology, anatomy and physiology (eg. grades of differentiation, histology, staging category)
• Knowledge of data confidentiality guidelines within the NHS.
• Knowledge of the national cancer minimum dataset

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearpro rata per annum