Liver Health Checks and HCC Surveillance Pathway Navigator
The post holder will communicate with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), acting as a specialist resource, demonstrating advanced verbal and non-verbal communication skills with patients, carers and medical and non-medical staff, ensuring communication is at a level appropriate to individual understanding.
They will communicate information that is complex and sensitive pertaining to patients with diagnosed or suspected liver cancer.
Main duties of the job
The Pathway Navigator will work as part of a multi professional team to deliver the Liver Health Checks and Liver Surveillance programme.
They will support the patient journey by providing a single point of access, including rapid re-entry into the system for those people identified as having urgent or specialist needs.
Key deliverables include working to facilitate a smooth patient journey ensuring that co-ordinated and streamlined administrative processes revolve around patients identified as eligible for cancer surveillance following a screening fibro scan in Liver Health Checks clinics across the network.
The post holder will have administrative responsibilities including data management and patient tracking for those individuals participating in the liver health checks programme including patients referred into hospital-based liver cancer surveillance clinics.
About us
We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer. We strive to employ people who reflect the communities we serve, and aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their full potential. Whatever your race, ethnicity, belief, generation, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability or experience, you'll appreciate the opportunities we give you to work in an inclusive atmosphere. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build on the progress we've achieved to make our Trust diverse and the best place to work. We celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that help us overcome challenges and embrace new possibilities. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant Pledge and have a commitment to the Armed Forces Community.
We are dedicated to using our Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) approach as our shared organisation model of change to enhance our services and ensure excellence in patient care.
If you are considering applying for a role, please be aware that as an NHS Employee you may have contact with vulnerable service users. We strongly encourage that all our staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 and are vaccinated annually against Flu, in order to protect the health and safety of our staff and patients. Your commitment will help us to put the safety and care of our patients first, as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues.
Job responsibilities
For a detailed description of the Job roles and responsibilities please see the attached job description
Person Specification
Knowledge
* 2 years Liver or Gastroenterology service
* oUnderstanding of the Hepatitis C trust / British Liver Trust and their roles across the UK.
* experience in a liver surveillance role
* oAwareness of Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer and other national cancer policies
Knowledge
* To have understanding of data quality
* oIT literate with intermediate keyboard skills
Qualifications
* NVQ level 3 or experience
Experience
* oExcellent organisational skills - able to plan and prioritise own workload
* oGood communication skills both verbal and written
* oProblem solving and decision making and escalation skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£29,812 to £32,715 a yearincl HCAS per annum
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