Max Facs & Ortho clinic co-ordinator and cancer navigator

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Cancer Navigator to ensure efficient coordination of cancer pathways and track patient care effectively. This full-time role involves managing administrative duties, ensuring compliance with cancer waiting time standards, and providing support for outpatient clinics. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional planning and organisational skills, capable of working collaboratively within teams. The position is based in Guildford and offers a supportive work environment focused on professional development.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program

Commitment to professional development

Investment in physical environment and new equipment

Qualifications

• Experience in administrative tasks related to patient pathways.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team.
• Capability to manage and organise workload efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate NHS and private patient pathways for the Trust.
• Track and expedite patients' care pathways.
• Manage data relevant to cancer patient pathways.
• Ensure clinic templates align with staffing.
• Book outpatient appointments for long waiters.

Skills

Planning and organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Data management

Job description

The Navigator will ensure that Cancer pathways are coordinated efficiently and effectively, patient pathways are actively tracked to meet cancer waiting time standards, supporting the production of evidence and data for National Peer Review, Trust finances and medical publication. The post-holder will also deliver wide-ranging support to the management to ensure the effective running of clinics. The post holder will be the initial contact for patients coming to the department and visitors to the Royal Surrey County Hospital and therefore, be responsible for providing a welcoming, professional and courteous environment.

Cancer Navigator Responsibilities

• To co-ordinate NHS and private patient pathways for the Trust, requiring highly functioning planning and organisational skills.
• To track and expedite patients' care pathways to ensure cancer waiting times are effectively met alongside the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Support Worker and Consultant.
• Be responsible for all administrative tasks involved in the management of cancer patient pathways.
• Be responsible for day to day management, organisation and delegation of relevant tasks and roles to others as required.
• Be responsible for data management.
• Ensure clinic templates align with staffing and identify anomalies or issues to escalate to management.
• Co-Ordinate outpatient clinics with Management support to ensure efficient clinical cover and running of clinics.
• Be responsible for booking and aiding outpatient long waiter appointments to allow achievement of national long waiter targets.
• Provide cross cover for other Cancer Navigators during periods of leave.

Maxillofacial & Orthodontic Clinic Coordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Max Facs & Ortho clinic co‑ordinator and cancer navigator with excellent interpersonal skills and a calm and methodical approach to provide a full range of administrative assistance to the Maxillofacial & Orthodontic department. This is a permanent full‑time contract working 37.5 hours per week. The role will include a full range of administrative duties to support consultants and their team. We are looking for someone that can manage their own workload, demonstrate efficient organisation skills and who can work collaboratively within the team.

Royal Surrey Trust Overview

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure. We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding. Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

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