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We are seeking an individual to work as part of the Cancer Services Team to support patients through pathways, monitoring progress and identifying potential breach patients - taking appropriate action to avoid these.

Head and Neck Cancer is the 5th most common cancer in Scotland. We are recruiting an individual to support patients going through the Head and Neck Cancer pathway.

You will be based at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy and will work closely with the Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS), however will be required to travel to Queen Margaret Hospital weekly. You will work collaboratively with the cancer trackers within Head and Neck to provide a seamless service, which is responsive to individual patient's needs. You will have a key role in ensuring that patients have a cancer diagnosis as early as possible, supporting those patients in all stages of the Head and Neck cancer pathway by being a vital point of contact.

This post will involve working as part of a team to ensure that all administrative / assessment functions for patients from the time of GP referral to the time of discharge are coordinated in line with specific care pathway to facilitate the smooth running of the patients' journey.

You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and an empathic nature to work with patients and their carers to assist in co-ordinating the appointments and information required by clinicians in the pathway.

This demanding post requires excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, and the ability to communicate at all levels. A flexible approach is essential, as is the need to be self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and prioritise tasks / objectives. This is an exciting opportunity that involves working as part of a friendly, but very busy team / service. When applying for the vacancy, please ensure that you refer to the person specification attached.

For informal enquiries please contact Suzy Wilkie, Head and Neck Cancer CNS on ext 24062 / email

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or 'going rate'. Further information on these criteria can be found here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.