Patient Navigator for the Vague Symptoms of Cancer Service
Job summary
To be a key member of the Rapid Diagnostic Team (RDC). To support the RDC to ensure patients are diagnosed promptly and track all patients that attend the service including newly diagnosed cancer patients to ensure they receive their treatment within national timescales. Maintain a detailed database and tracking system to ensure patients are receiving and attending their diagnostic tests and the results are available for review with the clinical teams.
Main duties of the job
Be responsible for capturing information about all the patients that are referred to the service, ensuring up-to-date relevant information is recorded on the Trust's databases. Work with the Service Lead to ensure the development of locally and nationally agreed datasets, including assisting with the monitoring of waiting times for new cancer patients. Produce timely reports as required.
About us
Join our dedicated Rapid Diagnostic Centre team and play a key role in supporting patients through one of the most important stages of their healthcare journey. As part of St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you'll work alongside experienced clinicians and administrative colleagues in a fast-paced, supportive environment, helping to deliver timely cancer pathways, outstanding patient care and continuous service improvement while benefiting from excellent learning and development opportunities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description and person specification for full job main duties that are required:
Please note that this vacancy may close before the current listed closing date if enough suitable applications are received.
Previous applicants need not to apply
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
- Good academic standard - including maths and english
- IT skills, including Excel/spreadsheet and Word
- Cancer specific IT package, i.e. Infoflex
- Knowledge of Cancer Standards and National Guidance
Experience
- NHS experience
Skills
- Ability to compile reports as required.
- Ability to establish and maintain a patient tracking database Ability to prioritise workload, and adjust own work in light of unexpected events (to changing priorities). To be able to use own initiative planning own work for the day/week and work unsupervised where appropriate.
Knowledge
- A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled to a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority
Other
- Work as one team - communicate, collaborate and share Respect each other by being polite, pleasant and listening
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St George's Hospital
Blackshaw Road
Tooting
SW17 0QT
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/