Cancer Pathway Coordinator

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a motivated Cancer Pathway Coordinator to help ensure the cancer journey for patients progresses smoothly and on time. The role involves tracking patients, data collection, and contributing to the trust’s cancer targets in a busy hospital setting.

The post holder will work across teams, dealing with clinicians, managers, nurses and administrators to improve data quality and pathway efficiency, while adapting to evolving cancer plans and

Qualifications

• Experience with data tracking in a healthcare setting preferred.
• Understanding of cancer plans, standards and targets is advantageous.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Track cancer patients in line with national targets and collect data.
• Enter information onto appropriate databases and ensure accurate records.
• Collaborate with clinicians, managers, nurses, secretaries and admin staff to support the cancer pathway.

Skills

Data entry

Healthcare administration

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Job description

An interesting and exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join Cancer Services at Nottingham University hospitals as a Cancer Pathway Coordinator.As the Patient Pathway Coordinator, the successful candidates will play a key role in helping with the delivery of cancer targets for the trust by ensuring that the journey of each cancer patient runs smoothly and is progressed in a seamless and timely manner.

In addition to the brief list above you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying.

The post holder will be responsible for tracking cancer patients in line with national cancer targets and will facilitate data collection for suspected/ diagnosed cancer patients, entering the information onto appropriate database(s). The post holder will need to be flexible and self-motivated with a good attention to detail and the initiative to work independently as well as a team. This post is key in providing high quality information and ensuring patient's progress effectively on the cancer pathway.The post holder will work closely with staff across the wider trust including clinicians, general managers, deputy managers, nurses, secretaries and other administrative staff.

Ideally the post holder will have previous experience working within the NHS and previous administrative experience with an understanding of cancer plans, standards and targets., Working in a friendly and welcoming environment, we are looking for someone who enjoys a challenge and who will thrive on the fast-paced thought-provoking work ahead. The post-holder will be an enthusiastic person, a team player with a 'can do' attitude; keen to build relationships across the organisation in order to improve the Trusts' digital maturity and self-service use of data. To achieve in this role, post-holder should be flexible enough to adapt to new technologies and at the same time equipped to shape the stack of existing solutions. It is crucial to have exceptionally strong attention to detail and a willingness to work around the needs of the team and organisation.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.