Greater Preston Primary Care Network Early Diagnosis Cancer Navigators

NHS Jobs; Preston; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Greater Preston Primary Care Network is recruiting an Health Care Co-ordinator to support Early Diagnosis & Prevention of Cancer across the PCN. You will help practices improve screening uptake, ensure robust referral pathways, and maintain cancer data systems.

Role involves liaising with GPs, practice nurses, pharmacists, and social prescribers to reduce health inequalities, monitor patients with suspected cancer, and contribute to learning events with partners across the network.

Formación

• Excellent communication with diverse healthcare professionals
• Able to analyse data and extract meaningful trends
• Good understanding of cancer screening programmes and referral pathways
• Experience with NHS admin or similar healthcare environment would be advantageous

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate and manage Early Detection & Prevention of Cancer across the PCN
• Support robust referral practices for suspected cancer and follow national guidelines
• Develop and maintain relationships with GP practices, pharmacists, social prescribers and admin staff
• Track screening uptake, engage hard-to-reach populations, and reduce health inequalities
• Monitor patients with suspected/confirmed cancer to ensure timely care within Cancer Waiting Time targets
• Provide admin support for project evaluation and feedback
• Organise peer-to-peer learning events and share resources from Cancer Alliance and partners
• Maintain cancer data sets and coding accuracy across practices

Conocimientos

Communication skills

IT literacy

Data analysis

Knowledge of medical terminology

Understanding of cancer pathways

Stakeholder engagement

Herramientas

SystmOne/EMIS

Descripción del empleo

Greater Preston Primary Care Network Early Diagnosis Cancer Navigators

The Health Care Co-ordinator will have responsibility for supporting and developing co-ordination and management of the Early Detection & Prevention of Cancer across the Primary Care Network and ensuring that the early part of the patients cancer journey is as seamless as possible. To assist the Primary Care Network (PCN) in delivering improvements to the services we provide our patients in relation to the following aspects of patient care - Participation in national cancer screening programmes. Ensuring robust and supportive referral practices are in place for patients suspected of having cancer; including use of guidelines, professional development, and safety netting of those referred. In support of collaborative working the post holder will form productive and supportive relationships with practice staff who have the skills, knowledge and remit to contribute to this work. e.g., GP practice non clinical cancer champions, social prescribers, pharmacists, secretaries etc. Appendix 3: Cancer Care Coordinator Job Description Page 3 of 5 The post holder will assist the PCN constituent practices to evaluate their screening uptake and engage hard to reach populations and to reduce health inequalities. This will include working alongside practices to enhance processes to track and follow-up screening non-responders. Take forward proactive monitoring and tracking of patients suspected or confirmed of having a cancer diagnosis ensuring that their journey is processed in a timely and efficient manner, in line with Cancer Waiting Time Targets. Provide advice and support to practices on cancer audit/referral review of cancer diagnoses. To work with practices to collate the learning from case reviews to identify any trends or learning. Develop with core staff across the PCN consistent safety netting approaches/systems to monitoring patients who have been referred urgently with suspected cancer or for further investigations to exclude the possibility of cancer. Provide the PCN with support to host peer-to-peer learning events that look at data and trends in diagnosis and screening across a Network. Including appropriate contributors from other organisations Source appropriate resources, training, system examples from appropriate organization such as the Cancer Alliance, Cancer Research UK, Macmillan, and local authority partners. Be a point of contact for PCN member Practices to develop and implement their cancer screening improvement action plans. Create a Library of PCN data packs and other resources to support the delivery of information to patients in a wide variety of formats to meet the needs of all patient groups, including those with Learning Disabilities, and people for whom English is not a first language. Review practice coding for report building and templates to ensure consistency across the PCN and accuracy of data. Identify coding anomalies and liaise with Ardens (template and reports used by all member practices). Provide administrative support for project evaluation and feedback. SKILLS Communication is required with a wide variety of healthcare professionals, both face to face, by video consulting, via e-mail and telephone e.g. GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Consultants, Nurse Specialist, Managers, and attached personnel. Appendix 3: Cancer Care Coordinator Job Description Page 4 of 5 The post holder must be able to communicate effectively with patients including diverse patient groups. The post holder must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with various healthcare professionals within the PCN, wider Multi- Disciplinary Team members, hospital organisations and colleagues in Wessex Cancer Alliance. The post holder may be required to attend practice/ PCN meetings to discuss issues impacting on patient care. The post holder is required to use tact and diplomacy on a daily basis, therefore needs excellent communication skills. The post holder must ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times. Able to gain a detailed knowledge of the cancer screening programmes, particularly in the areas of bowel, breast, and cervical cancer. Empathetically discuss screening processes with patients and answer questions and concerns. IT literate with data analysis skills with knowledge and experience of using a range of data bases or patient information systems Able to build network links with external organisations Previous admin and clerical experience within the NHS or similar field Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology. Knowledge of primary care SystmOne/EMIS system would be preferred but is not essential. Excellent organisational skills. To provide, receive and analyse information of a clinical and statistical nature, to support the development of key workstreams to improve screening coverage and facilitate timely cancer diagnosis. To interpret medical records to maintain a cancer data base that enables the accurate tracking of patient care and progression through the cancer pathway for review by practices and the PCN.