Cancer Pathway Coordinator

1 week ago


Stockport, United Kingdom Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Full time

As an integral member of the Cancer Pathway Team, work with members of the Cancer Multidisciplinary Teams and administrative teams to
track and proactively manage suspected and diagnosed cancer patients, in line with national requirements, from referral through to either non-malignant diagnosis or first and subsequent treatment for cancer, and ensure national operational standards of waiting times are met.

Liaise with departments involved in providing care and core services to ensure planned treatment progresses smoothly and in a timely manner.

Co-ordinate Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meetings

Facilitate data collection for suspected and diagnosed cancer patients and enter the information onto the appropriate databases.

Facilitate video-conferencing to ensure the timely and accurate transmission of discussion and data between the participating sites.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union
- for local financial advice

Cancer Patient Tracking
- To work with the Cancer Access Manager and Cancer Services Manager to ensure national and local cancer targets are met, potential breach patients are highlighted and actions are taken to ensure breaches are avoided.
- Provide detailed breach analysis reports for any patient with waiting times outside of national standards within 5 days of the date of first treatment.
- Appropriate transfer and tracking of patient undergoing diagnostics or treatment at tertiary sites
- To collect and enter data at all stages on the suspected/confirmed cancer pathway for given tumour groups and record this information on the SCR database, ensuring, through liaison with the clinical MDT teams, that this data is accurate, timely and complete.
- Ensure data collected enables the full and accurate production of the PTL (Patient tracking list)
- To follow the Trust’s Cancer Targets Escalation SOP - highlighting issues to the relevant contacts in the required timescales.To ensure that exceptions and alterations to the waiting times of individual patients are appropriately supported by documentation and can be audited.
- Work alongside and in conjunction with the other Cancer Pathway Coordinators to provide cover and share best practice to enable continuous service even during periods of sickness or annual leave.

Responsibility for Patient Care
- Negotiate with all involved in cancer issues to ensure appropriate management of patient information and coordination of patient pathways.
- To alert high risk patients (potential breaches) to Cancer Access Manager and Cancer Services Manager.
- Establish and ensure the continuation of effective communication within Cancer Services and other Hospital Divisions.
- To be responsible for the receipt and dispatch of the Communication and Referral Proforma ensuring these are processed within local and national deadlines.
- To telephone patients regarding follow-up appointments, encouraging timely attendance and compliance with appointments.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.



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