The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service. Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by: Putting patients first Aiming to get it right Recognising that everybody counts Doing everything openly and honestly ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Job overview Patient Pathway Coordinator – Cancer Services Team Band 3 Contact Type - Permanent Hours of Work 37.5 hrs per week An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Cancer Services Team for a full-time, permanent, 37.5 hours per week, Band 3 Patient Pathway Coordinator. Advert You will be required to work closely with clinicians, specialist nurses, secretaries and other members of the Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDT) and associated departments, to ensure that patients on a cancer pathway are proactively managed. You will be required to coordinate the patient journey from referral, through diagnostics and treatment, highlighting any potential delays in the pathway promptly. Candidates must have excellent organisational, communication, interpersonal skills and possess the ability to have difficult conversations in challenging environments. Experience of working within a Healthcare setting is essential for this role alongside an in depth knowledge of National Cancer Waiting Times targets. If you think you have the right skills and experience to fulfil this role we would like to hear from you. Working for our organisation The post holder is required to work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Coordinators, Clinicians, Specialist Nurses, Secretaries and all members of the MDT team within the body site and with associated departments, to ensure that patients on a cancer pathway are actively monitored through the patient pathway to provide a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service. You will be required to track the patient journey from referral, diagnostics and treatment, highlighting any potential delays in the pathway and ensuring accurate data collection to support the process. You will be required to highlight relevant patients to the MDT Coordinator for discussion at the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Meeting and to ensure that the MDT Coordinator receives all relevant up to date information for the patients to be discussed in a timely manner with awareness of ‘cut off’ dates/times. Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will be responsible for tracking patients who have been urgently referred to the Trust from General Practitioners (GP) or General Dental Practitioner (GDP) who are suspected to have cancer, upgraded onto a 62 day pathway or have entered the system via a Screening pathway. Ensuring these patients are entered to the Somerset Cancer Registration (SCR) IT monitoring system. The post holder will be responsible for tracking and monitoring all referrals against national cancer targets. To accurately collect and record cancer pathway related data in the SCR cancer tracking system. To extract information from other sources and Trust IT systems (i.e. Pathology, Radiology, Endoscopy, iPM etc.) to support the accurate, detailed recording and tracking of cancer pathways for patients on SCR. To work closely with MDT Coordinator and Patient Pathway Coordinator teams to ensure that data collected on each patient on SCR is accurate and tracked on a daily basis. The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement. Visa and Immigration If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job. James Paget Hospitals uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.