Cancer Patient Navigator - Surgery

Transformation Unit; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Chelmsford is seeking a Cancer Patient Navigator to support the cancer care pathway. Based primarily at Broomfield Hospital, you will coordinate patient journeys, record accurate information in patient records and Trust systems, and work with clinical teams to streamline processes for patients and carers.

You will need excellent communication and organisational skills, knowledge of cancer pathways, and experience with hospital administrative systems

Qualifications

• Knowledge of specialist functional and medical terms.
• Previous administrative experience within a healthcare setting.
• Experience of applying hospital administration systems.
• Knowledge and understanding of key access targets i.e. 31 day and 62 day cancer targets.
• High level of proficiency in MS Office.
• Experience with data input.
• Understanding purpose of PTLs (Patient Tracking Lists).

Responsibilities

• Capture and update patient information in records and Trust systems.
• Maintain knowledge of patient complete pathways and ensure information is current.
• Support clinical nurse teams and report to cancer business partners to transform processes.
• Provide cross-site support to ensure consistent and effective support for all cancer sub specialties.

Skills

MS Office

Data entry

Communication

Organisation

Attention to detail

Healthcare admin experience

Education

5 GCSE or equivalent

Tools

Hospital administration systems

Job description

Main area Cancer Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8:00-16:00) Job ref 390-SUR-BR-8916

Employer Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Broomfield Town Chelmsford Salary £28,392 Per Annum (Pro Rata) for Part Time Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2026 23:59

Band 4

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the onlyacute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our team as a Cancer Patient Navigator.

The role of the cancer patient navigator is to provide specialist knowledge for the pathway of cancer patients across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The role will facilitate the smooth running of the patient journey by ensuring that the pathway is coordinated, streamlined and all processes revolve around the patient and their individual needs.

The role will have a primary base at Broomfield hospital and will provide cross-cover within the tumor site teams to ensure a consistent and effective support for all cancer sub specialties is maintained at all times.

Main duties of the job

If successful you will work directly and indirectly with patients and their carers, and be responsible for capturing information about patients, ensuring up-to-date relevant information is recorded on the patient record and Trust systems.

You will have a good knowledge and understanding of patient complete pathways. As a key requirement of this role, the post holder will have excellent communication and organisational skills, together with a high attention to detail and levels of accuracy.

The role will support and work within the clinical nurse teams to support whilst directly reporting to the cancer business partners in order to transform the current processes.

The role will have a primary base at one of the three hospitals and will provide cross-cover within the tumour site teams to ensure a consistent and effective support for all cancer sub specialities is maintained at all times

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires. – for some roles – i.e. roles for band 2 to 4, inclusive.

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of specialist functional and medical terms demonstrated in supporting information
• Previous administrative experience within a healthcare setting
• Experience of applying hospital administration systems
• Knowledge and understanding of key access targets i.e. 31 day and 62 day cancer demonstrated in supporting information
• High level of proficiency in MS Office
• Previous experience working with data input
• Understanding purpose of PTL's demonstrated through work history or supporting information

Qualifications

• Good level of education e.g. 5 GCSE or equivalent
• Cancer Waiting Time Knowledge demonstrated work history and/or supporting information

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.