28 Days Faster Diagnosis Pathway Coordinator

5 months ago


Chertsey, United Kingdom Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This is a great opportunity for you to join our Respiratory Clinical Office Team at St Peter’s Hospital. You will be part of our lively and very fast paced team, supported by incredible team members, consultants and specialist nurses. This role is for you if you enjoy:
Going the extra mile

Keeping busy at all times

Multitasking

Working closely with consultants and management team

Dealing with patient enquiries on the phone

Managing own workload and using initiative when making decisions

If you think this role is for you, please do not hesitate to apply. For more details please contact:
Sarah Gould, Clinical Office Team Leader

**Tel**: 01932 723122

**The post holder will**:
Track and monitor the patients on a suspected cancer pathway against the 28 Day Faster Diagnosis Standard, ensuring patients are informed of their diagnosis by day 28.

Manage Two week rule clinics, including booking in appointments and making courtesy calls.

Escalate any pathway deviations and exceptions using local reporting mechanisms.

Work as a member of the Respiratory Clinical Office and wider clinical team, providing expertise and support for service improvements to ensure delivery and achievement of the 28 day standard.

Manage the Respiratory Intervention lists (APU and Bronchoscopies)

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

To work closely with MDT Coordinators, Cancer Trackers, Clinical Offices, Appointments Centre, Central Booking Office, Diagnostic and Therapy Departments across all specialties to ensure patients are actively managed through the cancer pathway.

To work closely with the Cancer Lead of the Respiratory Department to ensure patients are actively managed through the cancer pathway.

To monitor patients’ pathways from referral, through diagnostics, treatment planning and treatment, highlighting any potential delays in the pathway.

To ensure accurate data collection to support the timely management of patients along their pathway in order to identify and respond to avoidable delays.

To ensure that appropriate requests for investigations are monitored following the clinician’s instructions. If diagnostic delays occur or appear imminent liaise with the relevant service for action.

To liaise with member of individual specialties management teams and the Trust to ensure coordination of all elements of patient pathways. This may include highlighting patient target dates etc to facilitate investigations in accordance with the timed pathway and escalation of deviations and exceptions.

To provide accurate, up to date information to the MDT following confirmation of cancer diagnosis to ensure treatment within national cancer targets.

To transfer patients with a non-cancer diagnosis on to the appropriate clinical pathway for follow up and treatment where appropriate.

To maintain up to date knowledge of all cancer standards, targets and processes relating to the patient pathway and to be a point of reference for administrative teams across the Trust.

To demonstrate excellent communication skills. To ensure effective liaison between all members of the MDT and with other Trusts, GP practices, patients and carers.

To ensure all information relating to the patient pathway is communicated effectively and by the most appropriate medium.

To provide local training and support to other staff within the Trust regarding 28 Day Faster Diagnosis Standard and other cancer standards.

Information & Reporting

To ensure all information relating to the patients’ pathway is clearly documented in a timely manner on the Somerset Cancer Registry database to aid all users identify next actions for each patient.

To attend and present weekly PTL meetings and provide detailed patient level information.

Technology or System Support

To have a full understanding of the Information Systems in use for the management of patients’ pathways.

Service improvement

To help identify areas where the patient pathway could be improved and to work with the specialties to implement change and improvement.

Professional Development/Education

To participate in the in



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