Cancer Support Worker

5 months ago

Chester, United Kingdom Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**Working Full Time**: 37.5 Hours Per Week - Fixed Term 12 Months

The post holder will be an integral part of the Cancer Team, who assists, supports and co-ordinates the pathway for patients during either the diagnostic phase or after completion of primary treatment.

Our friendly and hardworking team are looking forward to welcoming you.

A large part of the role is providing administrative and coordination support to Patients, Families, Consultants, Cancer Nurse Specialists and other staff involved in the Cancer Pathway.

The successful applicant will ensure the efficient channelling and close co-ordination of the patient pathway ensuring robust communication between medical staff, GPs, patients, relatives, members of the public and other disciplines within the Trust and close liaison with the Community Staff and Oncology Teams.

The post holder will demonstrate excellent organisational skills, must be flexible in approach, able to exercise initiative and demonstrate a consistently high standard of professionalism, being aware of the need for confidentiality and integrity.

The post holder will have excellent communication skills and be willing to undertake on-going training and development. In addition, the post holder will be able to signpost patients and carers to the relevant sources of support and information appropriate to their needs.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services. The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.

The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do. The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life. The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

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