Cancer Pathway Delivery Support Officer - Ipswich

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Ipswich is seeking a motivated Cancer Pathway Delivery Officer to ensure timely processing of cancer patients. The role involves troubleshooting blockages and working both independently and as part of a team. Candidates should be resilient and proactive. The position is full-time and fixed-term until 31/03/2026, with various benefits including a generous pension scheme and training opportunities.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Resilient and enthusiastic individual.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.
• Proactive problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Link between teams to ensure timely cancer pathway processing.
• Troubleshoot blockages in patient pathways.
• Proactively provide information and escalate issues.

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for a resilient, enthusiastic, motivated and proactively driven individual to join our Women & Children’s Division as Cancer Pathway Delivery Officer.

This is a full time, fixed term/secondment post until 31/03/2026. We might close the advert earlier if a sufficient amount of applications are received.

Responsibilities

You will be the key link between two teams, ensuring patients on a cancer pathway are processed in a timely and efficient manner, in line with the Best Practice Pathways and the National Cancer Waiting time targets.

You will be responsible for troubleshooting blockages in patient pathways and providing proactive information in anticipation of potential problems, actively escalating as necessary to the appropriate Manager/Clinical lead and closing the loop on next steps.

You will work unsupervised for the majority of the time but will be supported, as necessary, by Women’s Services and Cancer Performance Teams. The post holder should have the ability to work in a team and independently.

About ESNEFT

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

Benefits and Development

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

How to apply / Find out more

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Responsibilities and duties details

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Thursday 18 Sep 2025