This is a new post funded by Macmillan Cancer Support. The Macmillan Cancer Support Worker will work as part of the personalised cancer care team supporting registered practitioners to improve holistic care for people with cancer. The postholder will support the provision of personalised cancer care interventions e.g. holistic needs assessments and health & wellbeing information/events. The postholder will be responsible for coordination of care to a specified group of cancer patients from the point of diagnosis and during their cancer treatment. The postholder will also coordinate care for a specified group of patients after their cancer treatment is complete, when they can be enabled to self-manage their follow-up care. The postholder will be required to work with clinical staff and administrative staff across all levels of seniority within the acute hospital setting. The Macmillan Cancer Support Worker will work very closely with the Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists for a particular cancer type, e.g. breast cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, upper gastro-intestinal cancer. The Macmillan Cancer Support Worker will need some prior experience working with cancer patients and excellent communication and organisational skills.
JOB SUMMARY
The post holder will form an integral part of the personalised care team and will also be integrated into one tumour-specific clinical team, e.g. breast cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, upper gastro-intestinal cancer etc, supporting the cancer clinical nurse specialists (CNS) for that tumour type in their roles.
Holistic Needs Assessment and Personalised Care/Support Planning
The cancer support worker will provide cancer patients with holistic signposting to information and support that meets their individual needs at that particular time, and in the right way for them. They will speak to patients to discuss what matters to them using an approved checklist tool (HNA).
Co-ordinate health education and wellbeing support for people living with and beyond cancer
The post holder will contribute to the organisation and delivery of health and well-being events (HWBE). These involve providing approved cancer information and signposting to support services and self-management resources.
Direct support to cancer clinical nurse specialists
The cancer support worker will provide general support to the allocated CNSs to enable them to focus specialist nursing skills on complex patients. This may include referrals to other agencies and important administration such as communicating with other teams within the hospital and within primary care / community services.
Please note that the role of Macmillan Cancer Support Worker may be based across the different main hospital sites; Chase Farm Hospital, Barnet Hospital, Royal Free Hospital. Flexibility will be needed and so you may wish to take this into account when considering your commute.
The post holder will form an integral part of the personalised care team and will also be integrated into one tumour-specific clinical team, e.g. breast cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, upper gastro-intestinal cancer etc, supporting the cancer clinical nurse specialists (CNS) for that tumour type in their roles. The setting for this role is outpatient cancer care, however visits to see patients in inpatient wards will be needed.
The cancer support worker role involves daily and direct (e.g. face to face and telephone) communication with patients, relatives, carers, and other health and social care professionals.
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr