Job summary
- Main area
- Digestive Diseases, Urology and General Surgery Services
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 328-DUG-6298821
- Employer
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The James Cook University Hospital
- Town
- Middlesbrough
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Macmillan Cancer Care Co-ordinator – Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI)
Band 4
Job overview
Macmillan Cancer Care Co-ordinator – Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) Treatment Pathway
‘WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PART OF AN EXCITING AND DYNAMIC TEAM?’
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with good interpersonal skills and a passion to deliver a high standard of care to patients affected by cancer.
You will be working alongside established teams of clinicians, specialist nurses, allied health professionals, and MDT and cancer care co-ordinators to provide care for patients.
Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve co-ordinating care from referral to treatment. You will have regular contact with patients, families, and carers to support and signpost to ensure effective progress along care pathways, in liaison with other colleagues and departments in the hospital and the community.
The role will involve supporting high quality personalised care including:
- Carrying out holistic needs assessments and care plans
- Preparing treatment summaries
- Offering health and wellbeing advice and support
You will be expected to attend the multi-disciplinary team meetings with the wider multi-disciplinary teams to transcribe MDT outcomes live/complete the MDT outcomes using NHS IT recording systems.
We are inviting applications from highly motivated individuals with excellent communication and keyboard skills.
You should have NHS experience and be passionate about cancer care. In return we offer the right candidates the opportunity for further training and development.
If you think you have the right skills, are confident, organised and can prioritise and plan your own work, efficiently and effectively in a busy environment, we welcome your application.
Informal chats about the role are welcomed. Secondments will also be considered.
Working for our organisation
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions.
• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading Your Team to Success
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Significant NHS experience or equivalent
- Experience of working with multi-professional teams
- Experience of direct patient contact including telephone and face to face contact.
- Experience of dealing with confidential and sensitive data and appropriate maintenance and storage of records.
Desirable criteria
- Recent experience of working with cancer patients or in cancer services
- • Previous experience of dealing with customers, patients and/or members of the public.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and listening) with proven experience of dealing with a wide and complex range of stakeholders and matters.
- Advanced key board skills - Microsoft Word and Excel
- High level organisational and co-ordination skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of the NHS in wider context.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Commitment to implementing patient focused care
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • NVQ Level 3 or above in Business Administration or equivalent relevant qualification.
- • A demonstrably high level of numeracy, written and spoken English. (GCSE grade C and above or equivalents).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lyndsey Hoare
- Job title
- Cancer Personalised Care Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 835674
- Additional information
UGI Specialist Nursing Team
01642 282874
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
The Recruitment Team
The Murray Building
The James Cook University Hospital
TS4 3BW
- Telephone
- 01642 850850, ext. 57396
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