Nurse Navigator

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Registered Nurse or Radiographer for their Rapid Diagnostic Service. The role involves providing a constant point of contact for patients, assisting with care assessments, and managing referrals with an emphasis on collaboration and clinical judgement. Candidates should hold relevant UK professional registration and demonstrate experience in patient communication and multi-professional teamwork.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC or Radiographer registration.
• Healthcare Degree (or working towards).
• Evidence of personal development.

Responsibilities

• Provide a constant point of contact for all patients referred to the RDS.
• Assist with assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care programmes.
• Work collaboratively with clinical colleagues to deliver high-quality care.
• Triage complex referrals to appropriate clinical staff.
• Manage patient caseload with own clinical judgement.
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests.
• Liaise with Multi Diagnostic Clinic teams.

Skills

Patient communication

Clinical judgement

Team collaboration

Triage skills

Education

Registered Nurse or Radiographer registration

Healthcare Degree

Job description

About the Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises of four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Overview

NHS England have developed a programme to establish Rapid Diagnostic Centres (RDCs) to promote earlier diagnosis or to rule out cancer. This role will work independently but under the guidance and supervision of the Rapid Diagnostic Leads, to enable and support patients who are on the Rapid Diagnostic Service (RDS) pathway. The role will provide specialist advice to professionals regarding individuals presenting with symptoms that could be due to cancer. The role involves communication with multiple healthcare professionals across primary and secondary care. The post holder has the responsibility to provide a professional, comprehensive, and efficient service, which is effectively delivered to all patients in line with the RDS guidance. The navigator will be able to access resources and services which will help patients to a more effective and speedy diagnosis of cancer or benign disease. This post will also act as a named point of contact for those patients and will be an appropriate support to help deal with complex patient issues. Provide a constant point of contact, provide advice, support and information for all patients referred to the RDS from referral to diagnosis or at the point they are assigned a Cancer Nurse Specialist (if a cancer is found). To be involved with the assessing, planning, implement and evaluate programmes of evidence-based care.

Key responsibilities

• Provide a constant point of contact for all patients referred to the RDS, from referral to diagnosis or at the point they are assigned a Cancer Nurse Specialist.
• Assist with assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of evidence-based care.
• Work collaboratively and cooperatively with clinical colleagues to develop services and deliver high quality of care.
• Triage complex referrals where more specialist management is required to appropriate clinical staff.
• Manage an agreed patient caseload, when the diagnosis may be uncertain, according to own clinical judgement and skills.
• Order, undertake, interpret and act upon diagnostic tests and investigations.
• Identify, assess, and triage patients ensuring smooth transition to other services as appropriate.
• liaise with the Multi Diagnostic Clinic teams to arrange patient appointments and review.

Legal and safeguarding requirements

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. A Disclosure and Barring Service check is required to confirm there are no previous criminal convictions.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC or Radiographer registration
• Healthcare Degree (or working towards)
• Evidence of personal development

Desirable criteria

• First degree in relevant health care area
• Completed or completing postgraduate level (HEI level 7) study or willing to undertake
• Relevant specialists post basic programme
• Teaching / Assessment/ Mentoring qualification, Demonstrates up to date knowledge in the specialty
• Knowledge of the key professional issues and guidelines relating to professional practice.
• Evidence of being able to work across organisational boundaries
• Experience working within and/or with multi professional teams
• Experience of applying research evidence to clinical practice.
• Evidence of teaching / training of staff
• Experience of and ability to work as an autonomous practitioner, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.