Cellular Pathology Pathway Co-ordinator

St George's University Hospitals; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pathway Co-ordinator in the Cellular Pathology Department. The role involves working with consultant pathologists, laboratory and administrative staff, and Cancer Services across SWLP to ensure timely reporting and MDT case preparation.

The post requires good literacy, numeracy and IT skills (especially Excel), with team collaboration and the ability to manage workload.

Qualifications

• Good literacy and numeracy; IT skills including Microsoft Excel.
• Experience of medical terminology and data entry in a diagnostic pathology environment would be advantageous.
• Ability to work as part of a team and to manage own workload.

Responsibilities

• Work with consultant pathologists, laboratory and administrative staff, and Cancer Services departments to ensure cellular pathology reports are completed and authorised within targets.
• Prepare cases for multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• Contribute to data entry and terminology accuracy to support pathology operations.

Skills

Teamwork

Literacy

Numeracy

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Data entry

Job description

This post is based at St George's Hospital however you may be required to work at any of the South West London Pathology sites as and when necessary. An opportunity has arisen within the Cellular Pathology Department for a full time Pathway Co-ordinator. We are looking for an enthusiastic, hard working person to work closely with all grades of Cellular Pathology staff in our busy but friendly department. In addition the post-holder will work closely with Cancer Services staff in all of our partner Trusts., Duties will include working with consultant pathologists, laboratory and administrative staff, as well as Cancer Services departments, to ensure that all patients have their Cellular Pathology reports completed and authorised within the pathology targets set for cancer patients. You will also play a fundamental role in preparation of cases for multi disciplinary team meetings. Good literacy, numeracy, IT (particularly Microsoft Excel) and communication skills are required; keyboard skills would be an advantage.

You should have the ability to work as part of a team and to manage your own workload. Previous experience of medical terminology and data entry in a diagnostic pathology environment would be advantageous.

Candidates who have applied in the past 3 months need not apply.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust - being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful - and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

'South West London Pathology (SWLP) is an NHS partnership providing a highly dependable, clinically assured and cost effective diagnostic pathology service. SWLP is a pathology partnership between Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which provides a single, integrated pathology service for hospitals and GPs across South West London and beyond.'

Find out more about South West London Pathology on our website