Radiotherapy Patient Pathway Co-ordinator

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust; Kemp Town Estate; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is seeking a Patient Pathway Co-ordinator to manage the radiotherapy patient pathway. The successful candidate will work with a multidisciplinary team to ensure efficient patient referrals and treatment decisions, continuously monitor and improve service delivery, and effectively capture and document patient data. This position offers a supportive work environment with a focus on compassion and quality care.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience in patient pathway management.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.
• Skills in process mapping and data documentation.

Responsibilities

• Manage the radiotherapy patient pathway effectively.
• Audit and track patients to reduce waiting times.
• Develop and monitor service improvement programs.

Job description

Overview

The role of a PPC (Patient Pathway Co-ordinator) is to manage the radiotherapy patient's pathway, by working with all members of the MDT (multi-disciplinary team). The post holder will ensure all patients are referred and progressed through the complex radiotherapy pathway and ensuring all patient and clinical information is available for clinicians to make informed treatment decisions. The PPC must ensure all treatment decisions are followed up and organise and inform any changes to referrals. The PPC will monitor and help ensure that all referrals are managed and meet the measures set out in the NHS Cancer Plan and Cancer Peer Review Measure, particularly the Cancer Waiting Times - 31 Day and 62 Day targets. The PPC will work with the Head of Radiotherapy to develop a service improvement program and implement any actions. To ensure that CWT, COSD, and audit data are meticulously captured, accurately documented and consistently maintained in alignment with the highest standards of quality and compliance.

Responsibilities

• The PPC must work with the Radiotherapy Managers and Head of Radiotherapy, to ensure the service is improving constantly and that all services are monitored.
• The PPC must complete continuous review of the patient pathway optimisation tools within MOSAIQ. This involves, routinely auditing and tracking patients through the radiotherapy pathways and monitoring their wait from referral to final treatment. The PPC will then process map problem areas, to aim to reduce waiting times. The PPC will have training on process mapping. The PPC will also produce an action plan from the process map and set targets the Radiotherapy team will use to ensure improvements are made. The PPC will monitor the action plan and report back the findings to the Radiotherapy managers. The PPC will present these findings to the Consultants, Radiographers and Radiotherapy Physics teams at weekly PTL meetings.

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At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, & we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness & experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, & can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) & a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients & staff with the same compassion & empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above & beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our candidate information pack & wellbeing programme,for staff which is extensive & designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves. As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching & training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us & throughout your career we will help you to grow & develop.We hope that in choosing UHSx you are choosing a long & happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make & feel valued for all that you do.