B4 Lung Cancer and Targeted Lung Health Check

**Job overview**:
University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) in partnership with Birmingham and Solihull CCG have been selected to participate in the Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) programme. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to work in this dynamic and forward thinking specialist team.

We are looking for an innovative, motivated, hardworking and enthusiastic team member with excellent communication skills who has a passion and drive for delivering patient centered care and services.

Liaise with Tertiary Centres to ensure all diagnostic plans are delivered in a timely way to avoid delays and support compliance against the Cancer Waiting Time (CWT) targets

The navigator is a supportive role to the TLHC, the lung cancer team and wider MDT within the lung cancer pathway. The role will focus primarily on working collaboratively with the clinical team to ensure patients are supported through the lung cancer pathway in a safe manner improving the quality and efficiency of the health care delivery and manage the referrals of incidental findings into UHB.

The post holder will be required to provide a supportive role with regular contact with patients, external health partners, the TLHC programme manager and the UHB cancer team. The role will support the health care professionals with coordinating care for suspected and confirmed cancer patients in accordance to the National Optimal Lung Cancer Pathway (NOLCP).

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
Understand Trust and National targets relating to cancer and other waiting times navigating patients through their diagnostic and treatment pathways

Co-ordinate patient care throughout the pathway to ensure timely diagnosis, treatment and follow up.

Address and support the lung cancer nursing team by responding to the often complex workload and referring more complex cases to the CNS as appropriate

Triaging calls providing advice and support, liaising and referring patients as assessed to other healthcare professionals i.e. respiratory team, oncology team and primary care providers

Ensure the appropriate management of patient information and the co-ordination of patient pathways through collaborative working with medical secretaries, MDT coordinators, CNS's and other departments within the Trust

To proactively monitor patients' progress along their pathway, highlighting problems to the cancer and directorate management team and escalating where necessary according to local protocols

To understand service provision for cancer patients within the Network, the steps along the patient pathway and the associated flows of information. This will include referral processes, diagnostic and treatment options and involves using the Trust's computer systems (Clinical Portal, Concerto, PICS, Oceano)

**About us**:
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

- Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
- Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

**Job description**:
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:
GCSE or equivalent to Level 2 Functional Skills

Maths & English

NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Evidence of continuing professional development

**Experience**:
**Essential**:
Previous experience of working in an NHS/

Healthcare clinical setting (E)

Experience of working within a cancer or

respiratory care setting (D)

Evidence of good communication skills with both

patients and clinicians (E)

Experience of supervision (E

**Additional Criteria**:
**Essential**:
Practical problem solving skills.

Ability to take responsibility for own workload

Able to work alone as well as in a team

Able to work unsupervised

Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all

levels.

Able to manage conflicting priorities, and organise

workload effectively

Good keyboard and IT skills

Flexible approach to duties

A commitment to promoting equality and diversity

in the workplace and in service delivery and

development.

Ability to act on own initiative