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Cancer Patient Pathway Navigators
4 months ago
MULTIPLE FIXED TERM POSTS WITH A VIEW TO BECOME PERMANANT
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Cancer Centre Team based primarily at Hospital Close, Leicester General.
The role will be expected to working closely with multi-disciplinary teams to facilitate and co-ordinate the function of a Cancer Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meeting and ensure this is effectively run following up agreed outcomes to support an effective patient pathway.
Key responsibility for monitoring and tracking patients on a suspected cancer pathway ensuring compliance with Next Steps and adherence to local and national waiting times targets.
Responsible for monitoring and tracking referrals with suspected cancer to ensure that patient’s appointments and treatment are booked to national and local waiting times targets.
To facilitate and coordinate the function of the Cancer Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings and ensure that meeting run effectively and are well structured.
To facilitate collection of data for all cancer and enter this onto an appropriate database
We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children’s Hospital and run one of the country’s leading heart centres.
Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.
Our purpose is to provide ‘Caring at its best’ and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we’re here to do. They are:
- We focus on what matters most
- We treat others how we would like to be treated
- We are passionate and creative in our work
- We do what we say we are going to do
- We are one team and we are best when we work together
Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that ‘Caring at its best’ is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)
KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
To maintain effective and efficient communication with;
Cancer Navigator Team Leader
Cancer Centre Lead Nurse
Cancer Centre Manager
Cancer Centre Lead Clinician
Cancer MDT Co-ordinators
Cancer Centre Data Manager
Cancer Patient Trackers
2 Week Wait Administrators
Chairs of Multidisciplinary Teams
Tumour Site Lead Clinicians
Members of Clinical Multidisciplinary Teams
KEY RESULT AREAS
To work primarily independently and on own initiative with mínimal supervision to carry out the duties of the post.
To track patients referred as suspected cancer to ensure all diagnostics and follow-up appointments are booked to meet agreed timescales/targets working in line with Next Steps.
Track patient test results to determine what further action is necessary, liaising with the clinician and/or ensuring that relevant information is available for discussion at the MDT.
Provide administrative support and facilitate MDT meetings including preparing, organising and circulating agendas ensuring all members of the MDT are advised of the meeting date/time/location. Responsible for recording and collating attendance of MDT meetings in accordance with Peer review requirements.
Utilise knowledge to determine which patient’s notes and images will be needed for discussion. Locate, collect and return the notes for the MDT as required.
Record the outcome of the MDT for each patient and minute the MDT meetings accurately and circulate as appropriate. Ensuring communication of outcomes with other Healthcare professionals as requires e.g. GP’s.
Take responsibility following the MDTs for ensuring that any outcomes identified as the responsibility of the Cancer Pathway Navigator are actioned in a timely manner, liaising with staff in various departments as necessary.
To be responsible for ensuring that the patient does not experience unnecessary delay on the cancer pathway. Monitor the patients’ current status and communicate as required with the appropriate consultant to ensure that diagnostic/staging tests and treatment are arranged in a timely manner, and to chase results as required.
Work collaboratively with medical secretaries, clinic coordinators, nurse specialists and other staff within the Trust to ensure appropriate management of patient information and coordination of patient pathway.
Extract clinical and waiting times information from the patients’ notes to record accurately on the MDT data sheet, the MDT minutes and the Cancer Waiting times Database.
Using knowledge of cancer waiting times, ensure the timely, ac