Cancer Patient Pathway Coordinator - Breast Services

Job overview

The Breast Cancer Service are dedicated and passionate about providing outstanding healthcare to our patients and strive to ensure that patients meet the timed milestones on their pathway.

They will be expected to proactively break down any barriers to access and provide a key point of contact for patients. The post holder will work with the wider MDT to develop processes conducive to meeting timed milestones as set out in the National Guidelines.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for monitoring the patients referred to the Breast service on a cancer pathway, from first appointment to first treatment and beyond.

You will work closely with the Breast MDT coordinators to ensure that patients are listed for discussion at the appropriate points in their pathway.

You will contact patients pre/post MDT to arrange appointments as necessary.

You will attend Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meetings facilitating any actions to ensure the timely provision of care for patients.

You must be able to work accurately, at pace and in the pressured environment of fast paced clinical discussion.

You will need to possess confidence to enable effective communication with various disciplines to ensure the highest standards of patient care.

Typing and minute taking skills are desirable, along with the confidence to speak and manage a meeting in front of a group of people, as there is potential for covering MDT meetings in times of unexpected absence.

This role does involve patient contact.

Working for our organisation

With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Our values are: Caring and Helpful; Safe and Vigilant for our patients and colleagues; Being Clinically Excellent and driving innovation to meet the needs of our patients; Using our Resources wisely whilst; Providing Quality products, services and experiences for staff and patients

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

• GCSE of C or above in Maths and English or equivalent
• Competent in Microsoft applications including Outlook, Word, Powerpoint and Excel
• NVQ level 3 in administration or equivalent experience

• Shorthand skills, touch typing or minute taking experience

Experience

• Previous NHS admin experience
• Excellent keyboard and data input skills
• Knowledge of medical terminology

• Knowledge of the Cancer Pathway Tracking database
• Experience in data collection and data input

Communication and relationship

• Proven excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to communicate with a range of different professional groups (both clinical and non-clinical)
• Experience in working to tight deadlines and managing heavy workload

Analytical and Judgement skill

• Proven ability to identify problems and quickly report/act on them accordingly

Planning and organisation skil

• Ability to prioritise to deadlines and work under pressure
• Ability to work to own initiative with minimum supervision

• Ability to design and create spreadsheets

Physical skills

• Able to use a computer for extended periods
• Accuracy with data entry and information tracking- pays attention to detail

• Flexible Hours – (early starts/late finishes due to meetings etc)