Upper Gi Cancer Care Navigator

2 months ago


Salford, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
We have an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Trust as a Cancer Care Navigator to support our Service team to implement early diagnostic pathways for patients with suspected cancer to achieve definitive diagnosis by day 28, and to support patients through the Upper GI surgical pathway.

This unique role is specially designed to support both the Best Timed Pathway and the upper GI surgical teams to enhance the patients journey during and after treatments, it will require the post holder to support the pathway as it continues to evolve over time.

**Main duties of the job**:
You will be involved from the beginning of the pathway working both directly and indirectly with patients, assisting the clinical team in coordinating the patient pathway.

You will have excellent listening skills and be able to deal with people both internally and externally in a sensitive and professional manner and be confident using patient administration systems and database packages..

You will have experience of working in a customer focused environment, and have exceptional organisational skills and have the ability to multi-task and remain calm under pressure.

You will have a good eye for detail and accuracy and want to make improvements for our patients and you should have knowledge of providing excellent customer care.

The ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to Trust policies is paramount.

Excellent team working, organisational and communication skills are all essential for this post

The role is demanding so you must be confident and assertive.

**Working for our organisation**:
Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place with an outstanding reputation. Salford is the place which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Twice rated Outstanding by the CQC, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for delivering a range of community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**essential**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Good General Education with GCSE English and Mathematics
- Ability to communicate both verbally and non-verbally on a daily basis with people at all levels

**Desirable criteria**:

- Knowledge of relevant cancer treatments, interventions and terminology and CWT Guidance
- Advanced knowledge of medical terminology (AMSPAR)
- Knowledge or NHS IT systems

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Able to use own initiative and work without supervision

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