Radiology Cancer Pathway Patient Navigator

6 days ago


Maidstone, United Kingdom Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Full time

You will be the point of contact for managing radiology requests in patient pathways following a suspected cancer referral. You will co-ordinate with the clinical and administrative teams to arrange the next steps in the pathway and will communicate these to the referring team, cancer pathway navigators, MDT co-ordinators and patients as appropriate.

You will be expected to attended face to face meetings at Maidstone Hospital and travel to Tunbridge Wells Hospital at least once a week.

The role is demanding so you must be confident, assertive and have the ability to multi-task and remain calm under pressure. You will need good listening and communication skills and be able to deal with people both internally and externally in a sensitive and professional manner. The ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to Trust policies is paramount.

You will have experience in patient pathway management and will be confident using patient administration systems. Excellent team working, organisational and communication skills are all essential for this post, along with clear experience of resolving problems.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 500,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ over 6,500 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.



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