We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic team player within the Colorectal department as a Colorectal PCFU Coordinator at Colchester General Hospital.
You will provide a timely, safe and appropriate clinical cancer surveillance programme tailored to the individual's cancer staging.
Individual holistic needs will be addressed within the surveillance programme through care planning, signposting, education and personalised information, facilitating individuals to self-manage their own health going forwards.
End of treatment summaries and individualised surveillance programmes will be provided to the individual and primary care team to promote seamless transfer of care and facilitate cancer care reviews in the community.
Appropriate re-access pathways are in place in the event of abnormal results or changes within the individual's recovery.
This position is Fixed Term until 31st March 2025, current ESNEFT Employees will be offered on a Secondment basis.
• Responsible for ensuring that all assessments, interventions and outcomes are documented on the Somerset cancer registry.
• You are responsible for monitoring and tracking the individual’s on-going surveillance programme and the investigations results within it.
• You will liaise with the nurse consultant to ensure that the next investigations have been requested and scheduled.
• Abnormal results should be highlighted to the Nurse consultant in a timely fashion.
• Delays in investigations should be highlighted to the responsible nurse consultant and escalated to management as required.
• Answer calls to the OAFU telephone line and escalate issues or concerns and when to seek additional support/guidance from the CNS team.
• Send out template results letters.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Thursday 21 Nov 2024