Cancer Pathway Coordinator – Pathology

ESHT; St Leonards; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension scheme

On-site staff accommodation

Staff restaurants

Parking

Employee assistance program

Job summary

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting a Patient Pathway Co-ordinator within the Cellular Pathology team at Conquest Hospital. The role links pathology, cancer services and clinical teams to progress cancer diagnostics within target timelines.

You will monitor specimens, investigations and reports, identify delays, attend PTLs, and maintain accurate pathway information while supporting service improvements in a busy NHS environment.

Qualifications

• GCSE / A Level including English and Maths.
• NVQ Level 4 Management Certification / Business Services or proven relevant training and experience.
• Evidence of ongoing relevant professional development to degree level or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinating and monitoring the pathology component of cancer patient pathways, tracking specimens, investigations, results and reports against agreed turnaround times and cancer pathway milestones.
• Proactively identifying and resolving potential delays, expediting outstanding investigations and reports and escalating pathway risks or concerns appropriately.
• Attending Cancer PTL and relevant pathway meetings, providing pathology updates and progressing actions for patients requiring close monitoring.
• Working closely with Cellular Pathology, Cancer Services, tumour-site PPCs, clinical teams, external pathology providers and tertiary centres to support timely clinical decision-making.
• Maintaining, validating and reconciling accurate cancer pathway information across relevant clinical and administrative systems, identifying and resolving data-quality issues.
• Monitoring and analysing turnaround times and pathway performance, identifying trends, exceptions and breaches and supporting the production of performance information.
• Acting as a key point of contact for pathology-related cancer pathway enquiries, using judgement and initiative to resolve issues or escalating where appropriate.
• Supporting failsafe processes, including monitoring outstanding ancillary investigations such as IHC and genomic testing, to minimise avoidable delays.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

GCSEs / A Levels incl English & Maths

NVQ Level 4 Management Certification / Business Services

Degree-level development or equivalent

Job description

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting a Patient Pathway Co-ordinator within the Cellular Pathology team at Conquest Hospital. The role links pathology, cancer services and clinical teams to progress cancer diagnostics within target timelines.

You will monitor specimens, investigations and reports, identify delays, attend PTLs, and maintain accurate pathway information while supporting service improvements in a busy NHS environment.