Job summary
Employer heading
Cancer Pathway Tracker
Band 3
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidates to join our team to carry out a varied and challenging role as a Cancer Pathway Tracker. Cancer Services provides support to selected MDT teams within the organisation, tracking and monitoring patient’s cancer pathways to help deliver National Waiting Time Standards.
The successful candidate must have a flexible approach, possess excellent communication skills, must be reliable, well organised and able to work as part of a team or independently.
We are looking to recruit two vacancies:
1 x Full Time 37.5hrs per week
1 x Part time 22.5hrs per week. Must work Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the provision of administrative support to the Cancer Services Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Coordinators.
The Cancer Services MDT team is responsible for monitoring all patients referred on a suspected cancer pathway. Most referrals come from GPs made via the Electronic Referral System (ERS) but they may also come from other sources including Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings (MDTs), consultants, nurses or Accident and Emergency.
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Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a multi-faceted organisation
- Experience of dealing with the public
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the NHS
- An understanding of the current national issues affecting cancer
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good team worker but also able to work independently
- Time management skills
- Demonstrate excellent organisational and administrative skills
- Ability to communicate both verbally and written information clearly
- Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive and confidential information
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of patient information systems
- Knowledge of medical, anatomical and oncological terminology
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Methodical and reliable, with attention to detail and accuracy
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic and approachable
- Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach to work with a willingness to learn and develop role
- Exhibits diplomacy and interpersonal skills with ability to interact with people of all levels and backgrounds
- Professional in appearance and approach
Qualfications & Training
Essential criteria
- Good standard of general education with particular strengths in English Language at GCSE Grade C or above or equivalent
- IT Skills or qualifications to ECDL/RSA standard
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracy Smart
- Job title
- Dep Performance & Ops Manager, Cancer Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Alternatively please contact Eleanor Rouse, Assistant Performance & Ops Manager, Cancer Services. [email protected]
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