Cancer Diagnostic Facilitator

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS FT; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust is seeking an individual to assist the Cancer Services Team in managing patient pathways to ensure timely diagnosis and treatment. The ideal candidate will have strong data management skills and experience communicating with various stakeholders. The role offers flexible working, generous leave, and access to an NHS pension scheme.

Benefits

Flexible working

27-33 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Gym discount

Free bicycle loan scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in managing patient pathways in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to gather data and validate information accurately.
• Strong communication skills for liaising with patients and healthcare staff.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing cancer patient pathways effectively.
• Collect and validate cancer data for national datasets.
• Liaise with GP practices and various departments for timely diagnostic appointments.

Skills

Data management

Communication skills

Quality assurance

Job description

Overview

9 month fixed term

37.5 hours

To assist the Cancer Services Team in the management of patient pathways, ensuring that patients are reviewed diagnosed and treated within the National Cancer Waiting Time targets.

Assist in the processes that provide Quality Assurance of cancer services that the Trust provide. To collect record and validate a wide range of cancer data as required for the national cancer data sets.

The role will include monitoring referrals and whether tests have been requested, reported and acted upon. This will include contacting patients, gathering data and providing the necessary information for real time feedback to external and internal teams.

To liaise with a wide range of departments and staff to gather information required for the cancer MDT meetings. To take responsibility for ensuring this information is available within a set timeframe allowing for informed, timely clinical decisions on treatment plans for patients with cancer.

To liaise and support the MDT Coordinators and Pathway Navigators in the management of the patient pathways.

To contact GP practices and patients to prompt action with regards to at home testing to allow clinical triage to take place in a timely manner. To liaise with various departments to obtain all information required to provide a clinical diagnosis, to prompt for timely diagnostic appointments and reporting.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.

Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

Values

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

How to apply

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: William Wright Job title: Cancer Services Support Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 922 4975