Job overview
The main purpose of this role is to support the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and the Lower GI & Breast teams in coordinating patients’ care with a diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of cancer during the diagnostics, treatment and surveillance.
Main duties of the job
1. To work closely with the nursing and non-nursing team under direct supervision.
2. To provide an administrative support to the CNS team.
3. To coordinate patients’ care on specific cancer pathways.
4. To support patients under the CNS and urology team.
5. To act as a point of contact for patients with pre and post cancer diagnosis.
6. To manage and to coordinate patients on a Personalised Stratified Follow-up (PSFU) pathway.
7. To capture patients’ activity on relevant hospital electronic systems.
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Person specification
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
8. Cross site working
Education, Qualification & Training
Essential criteria
9. GCSE English Language and Mathematics or equivalent
10. Assistant Practitioner Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or NVQ 4 equivalent
11. Undertaken the HCA course (The Cancer Journey Caring for the Cancer Patient and their Family) or willingness to undertake
12. Keyboard and computer literacy skills
Experience
Essential criteria
13. Relevant health or social care experience at AfC Band 3 or equivalent
14. Experience of multi-professional working
15. Experience in the use of data management
16. Evidence of good communications skills
17. Understanding of person-centred care
18. Understanding of the health and social care environment
19. Awareness of the NHS long term cancer plan and personalised care, including eHNA
Desirable criteria
20. Experience of coach/teaching patients and carers
21. Experience in coordinating a patient workload
22. Awareness of cancer policies
23. Knowledge of relevant cancer treatments, interventions and terminology
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
24. IT skills
25. Able to use own initiative
26. Effective organisation skills
27. Ability to communicate both verbally and non-verbally daily with people at all levels
28. Good observation skills
29. Practical problem-solving skills
30. Ability to work within a team
31. Ability to motivate self and others
32. Flexible attitude to working
33. Accurate written communication of information
34. Ability to show empathy and understand the difficulties faced by people affected by cancer
35. Ability to ask sensitively about information needs
36. Ability to retrieve information from a wide range of sources
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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