Job overview
We are seeking an experienced and highly organised Patient Pathway Co-Ordinator to play a pivotal role in supporting delivery of the 28-day Faster Diagnosis Standard within our Urology service. Based at King George Hospital, this is a safety-critical, stand-alone role providing proactive oversight of urology cancer diagnostic pathways and ensuring patients progress promptly and safely through complex investigations.
Working closely with Urology consultants, FDS nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will track and manage patient pathways, identify and escalate delays, coordinate diagnostics across multiple departments, and act as a named point of contact for patients. You will be confident working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment, with a strong understanding of cancer waiting times standards and how they operate in practice.
This role is ideal for someone with substantial NHS patient pathway or cancer administration experience, excellent communication skills, and the confidence to work autonomously while liaising with senior clinical staff. In return, you will have the opportunity to make a direct and meaningful impact on patient safety, cancer outcomes and Trust performance against national standards.
Main duties of the job
To work alongside and support the Faster Diagnosis Standards (FDS) Nurse, Consultants to manage a full and comprehensive administrative service for urology. To effectively monitor and maintain relevant urology cancer pathways.
To ensure the relevant information is entered promptly and accurately to the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) meeting the requirements of the Trust’s Patient Access Policy, always. To liaise with patients and establish good working relationships with other clerical and clinical staff.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
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We run a in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited. We’re proud to be a employer.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
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Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Minimum of 5 GCSE’s or equivalent experience
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
2. Experience of monitoring and maintaining relevant urology cancer pathways
Desirable criteria
3. Experience working in a similar role in a hospital/health care setting.
4. Knowledge of cancer pathway and inputting of data.
Skills/ Abilities
Desirable criteria
5. Knowledge of patient referral to treatment times; experience of monitoring patient pathways