Cancer Pathway Coordinator

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an enthusiastic Cancer Pathway Co-Ordinator to support the Cancer Services admin team across Saint Mary's and North Manchester. This non-patient facing role will assist the Team Manager and MDT Co-Ordinator in coordinating workflows for cancer tumour groups and monitoring 2-week wait targets.

You will liaise with admin and clinical teams, prepare for MDT meetings, and provide essential administrative support to the cancer services team.

Qualifications

• Previous knowledge of working in a hospital-based or clerical role is essential.
• Understanding of National Cancer Waiting times and pathways is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative services to multidisciplinary team meetings and support the Cancer Pathway Co-ordinator.
• Monitor PTL reports and track patients on the fast-track cancer pathway.
• Liaise with clinical teams and specialist nurses to prepare treatment plans and ensure deadlines are met.

Skills

Data input

Tracking skills

Administrative support

Job description

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and well-motivated individual to work within the Cancer Services admin team covering multiple sites across Saint Mary's and North Manchester. This is a non-patient facing, non-clinical role, and as the Cancer Pathway Co-Ordinator you will assist the Team Manager and MDT Co-Ordinator ensuring the oversight and co-ordination of workflow within the various cancer tumour groups. This will involve monitoring the PTL report and tracking patients who are on a fast track cancer pathway, liaising with wider admin and clinical teams to deliver any plans for the patient’s care, ensuring that key pathway deadlines such as the 2 week wait referral target is met. It will also involve helping prepare for MDT meetings and providing administrative support to related meetings with the wider team.

Previous knowledge of working in a relevant hospital based role and/or in a clerical role is essential. An understanding of National Cancer Waiting times and cancer pathways is highly desirable as is clear evidence of strong data input and tracking skills.

In return we offer a rewarding role that offers challenge but also support from your team manager with training opportunities identified and offered in order to support your ongoing development and the chance to be a part of an exciting and dynamic team.

The post holder will be responsible for providing administrative services to multidisciplinary team meetings, assisting the Cancer Pathway coordinator (CPC) and liaising closely with the clinical teams, particularly the specialist nurses to ensure that all relevant cancer patients, including all newly diagnosed cancer patients are formally reviewed.

He/she will work both independently and in support of the CPC to collect and provide information required by the clinical team in order to agree a patient’s treatment plan.

He/she will take responsibility for their own workload but will escalat issues to the CPC as and when appropriate.

He/she will work within local and national guidelines e.g. national cancer waiting times, national cancer peer review, network agreed referral protocols and internal escalation policy.

He/she will be an integral link to the cancer services team, supporting the team in meeting all requirements set locally, nationally and by the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network. He/she will also support the annual peer review process.

He/she will monitor and track cancer patients against national cancer targets, as required within the relevant speciality(s), liaising with all staff levels to assist the patient’s journey and also to assist the cancer services team and the trust in meeting the standard key indicators.

He/she will provide full CPC support as required in the absence of CPC members of the cancer services team.

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