Skin Cancer Support Administrator

Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton-in-Ashfield seeks a Skin Cancer Support Administrator. The role involves coordinating administrative tasks to ensure the smooth operation of the skin cancer service, maintaining accurate documentation, and supporting direct patient care delivery. Candidates should demonstrate strong communication skills to facilitate effective collaboration across healthcare teams. This position is pivotal in delivering high-quality care as part of an award-winning team that prioritizes patient treatment and staff support.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate administrative tasks to ensure smooth operation of the skin cancer service.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation in line with Trust policies.
• Facilitate effective communication across the Trust, Primary Care, and with statutory and voluntary agencies.

Job description

Overview

As a Skin Cancer Support Administrator you will play a pivotal role as a member of the Skin Cancer Team, working closely with nursing and medical colleagues to support the administrative aspects of the service. The post holder will provide essential support to the specialist nursing service, ensuring effective clinical management of patients with skin cancer.

Administrative Support

• Manage and coordinate administrative tasks to ensure smooth operation of the skin cancer service.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation in line with Trust policies.

Patient Care and Support

• Contribute to aspects of direct care delivery under supervision.
• Assess patient and carer needs and provide general information, help, and support.
• Ensure patients and carers receive holistic, multi-faceted support throughout their care journey.

Communication and Coordination

• Facilitate effective communication across the Trust, Primary Care, and with statutory and voluntary agencies.
• Ensure timely and accurate sharing of patient information to support coordinated care.

Overall you will support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.