Cancer Follow-up Co-ordinator

2 weeks ago


Worthing, United Kingdom 279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Cancer Services Team are looking for Cancer Follow-up Coordinators. The Cancer Follow-Up Coordinators will work alongside Cancer Support Workers and Clinical Nurse Specialists along with the wider Cancer team to ensure patients have a timely, efficient, effective and supported follow-up period following completion of their cancer treatment. Post-holders will be based in a specific cancer - type team and work closely with the clinical and non-clinical members of that team.

These roles will be based across all our hospital sites - Royal Sussex County Hospital, Worthing Hospital and St Richard's Hospital.

**The post-holder will**:
Track patients following treatment, including enrolment onto and discharge from remote follow-up systems.

Coordinate investigations and symptom assessment questionnaires as per a pre-defined schedule

Evaluate results within a clinically supervised protocol

Communicate with patients the outcome of review via standardised letters.

Escalate to the clinical team as indicated by the protocol

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and 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, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - 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 and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

Communication

Build relationships with a wide range of staff both internally and externally to undertake job role.

Regularly communicate with patients to support them with the completion of symptom questionnaires.

Liaise with all diagnostic departments internally and externally to ensure that patient’s tests are booked, undertaken and reported.

Ensure all interactions with patients and staff are accurately recorded on the Trust’s Cancer Register (Somerset).

Distribute standard correspondence and/or contact patients (as defined in specialty specific standard operating procedures).

Participate in PTL review meetings

Escalate concerns to the appropriate or agreed MDT member.

Attend and occasionally lead the cancer department daily huddles to ensure the trust communications and any changes in policy and procedures are received.

Service Delivery and Improvement

To have specialist knowledge of specific cancer pathway procedures and clinical protocols and contribute to MDT policies and procedures, especially those associated with tracking, implementing practice as agreed

To monitor patient pathways, escalating any breaches in pathway compliance and test results outside of range (as documented in clinical protocols)

To develop specialty-specific work practices to enable cross cover.

To distribute patient experience surveys when required.

To provide any requested support to the MDT to ensure the implementation and monitoring of changes to the patient pathway ensuring a continuous cycle of improvement.

To participate in staff surveys.

Contribute to any patient letters/information leaflets designed by the MDT.

To maintain a regular stock of patient information leaflets, ordering from suppliers and using I-PROC

People Management and Development

Develop and or monitor standard operating procedures around specific working practices within sphere of responsibility.

Demonstrate own duties to new starters, less experienced staff and those in other cancer tumour groups.

**Advise members of the MDT on the use of the Cancer PTL**: act as champion/Super user.

Patient Care Delivery

To signpost patients with any clinical queries to the Cancer Nurse specialist/s.

To signpost patients with specific information queries to the Cancer Support workers.

Learning and Development

To assist with the recruitment of similar roles within the division.

Attend mandatory training updates as required.

Undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with the line manager as part of the personal development process.

Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development



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