Cancer Navigator- Band 4

United Lincolnshire Hospitals Nhs Trust; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust seeks a Cancer Navigator based at Lincoln County Hospital to coordinate patient pathways, schedule investigations and treatments, and monitor waiting times against national standards. The post involves working with medical staff and partner organisations to ensure high-quality, patient-centred care for those on a cancer pathway.

You will identify potential breaches, take positive action to mitigate them, and support division-wide cancer service delivery

Qualifications

• Be able to analyse problems and suggest suitable solutions.
• Be able to prioritise tasks, work to deadlines and manage own time.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Effective negotiation and influencing skills.
• Have the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Be able to work effectively in a team.
• Adaptable to change.
• Knowledge of all cancer waiting times targets.
• Competent in use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Navigate and track patients along their pathway.
• Coordinate hospital appointments and investigations.
• Identify potential breaches of waiting times and take corrective action.
• Engage with senior medical staff, nursing staff and other health professionals.
• Work with partner organisations within the network across the patient journey.
• Analyse problems and propose suitable solutions to workflow gaps.
• Prioritise tasks and manage own time to meet deadlines.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
• Use MS Office tools for reporting and documentation.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Prioritization

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Confidentiality

Teamwork

Adaptability

Cancer targets knowledge

MS Word

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

The Cancer Navigator post will play a pivotal role in navigating and tracking patients along their pathway, co-ordinating all hospital appointments, investigations and their treatment, whilst also identifying patients who may potentially breach national waiting times targets and Cancer Standards taking appropriate positive action to negate this possibility. The post holder will work effectively across the division of Medical Specialties involved in the delivery of cancer services by providing high quality person centred care to patients whom are on a cancer pathway., This post will be based at Lincoln County Hospital. The Cancer Navigator post will play a pivotal role in navigating and tracking patients along their pathway, co-ordinating all hospital appointments, investigations and their treatment, whilst also identifying patients who may potentially breach national waiting times targets and Cancer Standards taking appropriate positive action to negate this possibility. The post holder will work effectively across the division and CBU's involved in the delivery of cancer services by providing high quality person centred care to patients who are on a cancer pathway. The post holder will engage with and work alongside the senior medical staff, nursing staff, other health care professionals and partner organisations within the network across the patient journey

• Be able to analyse problems and suggest suitable solutions
• Be able to prioritise tasks, work to deadlines and manage own time
• Good interpersonal skills
• Effective negotiation and influencing skills
• Have the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Be able to work effectively in a team
• Adaptable to change
• Knowledge of all cancer waiting times targets
• Competent in use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services. Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county. This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations. The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).