Patient Placement and Flow Co-ordinator - Cottingham

Job overview

The Queens Centre Acute Assessment unit is an exciting new building located in the Queen’s Centre for Oncology & Haematology and is the receiving unit for patients who are potentially suffering from acute complications relating to their on-going cancer treatment or the disease process itself.

The unit provides a rapid assessment of Acute currently having treatment in the Queens Centre patients presenting either through:

• Self-referral
• Primary care providers / Allied Health Professional’s
• Internal Care Providers

The post holder will be experienced in the health care setting, who acting within their professional boundaries, will provide acute care for patients with cancer.

The post-holder will be the first point of contact for Staff treating patients on these pathways and will link in with other healthcare professionals as and when required thus providing a consistent, quality and timely single point of contact for Staff.

The post holder will need to be resilient, working under constant pressure with competing priorities.

Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Main duties of the job

Managing and maintaining patient placement and flow with the Queens Centre and supporting the Senior Nurse Co-ordinator with the Oncology triage service. working closely with the Senior Management team

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Managing and maintaining patient placement and flow with the Queens Centre and supporting the Senior Nurse Co-ordinator with the Oncology triage service. working closely with the Senior Management team

Person specification

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• use of healthcare electronic systems

• good understanding of the area

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• excellent organisational skills

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• Excellent communication skills
• excellent interpersonal skills

• previous healthcare role

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• Excellent communication skills
• NVQ3/NVQ4

• previous healthcare role

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• Good team worker
• open and honest

• previous healthcare role