Main area Oncology
Grade NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract 30 months (Fixed term grant funding)
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (flexible working across the week is available with approximately 20% home working possible)
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Employer Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Radiotherapy Department Churchill Hospital
Town Oxford
Salary £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 08/05/2025 23:59
Radiotherapy Late Effects Navigator (Macmillan)
NHS AfC: Band 4
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence.
Job overview
This is a new and exciting 30-month secondment post based within the Oxford University Hospitals Trust Radiotherapy Late Effects Service. Our aim is to ensure patients have safe and seamless access to personalised care, to maximise outcomes from their radiotherapy treatment and to improve their quality of life.
The purpose of this role is to provide administrative support to the dedicated clinical team developing and delivering care to patients with late onset side effects from their radiotherapy treatment.
Main duties of the job
The late effects navigator post will play a pivotal role in triaging, recording, and tracking patients along their pathway; co-ordinating hospital appointments, investigations, and referrals. The post holder will have regular communication with patients and be able to escalate information appropriately. They will be responsible for ensuring questionnaires to assess patients' symptoms and outcomes are sent, collected, and recorded according to a schedule.
The role will also involve wider responsibilities for administration and data management. This will involve collating patient referral data and outcomes, helping to organise meetings and events, and developing tools to maximise the value of data from the service and patient-level information we collect.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Macmillan Radiotherapy Late Effects Navigator will be motivated and curious to help develop this new service. The right applicant will be able to work within a team and independently, having both excellent IT and people skills. They will be supported by both the OUH Radiotherapy Late Effects team and Macmillan to develop this unique role.
You will be one of the main points of contact for all patients under the care of the late effects team; via the helpline and generic email, facilitating rapid re-entry into the system if required.
Take responsibility for the day-to-day housekeeping of the late effects service, ensuring information sheets and resources for patients are up to date and available and relevant documents are scanned and uploaded into patient record systems including ARIA and EPR.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ 3 in administration or equivalent knowledge of administrative and secretarial procedures
* Experience of all Microsoft Office products – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
* RSA 2 or equivalent
* GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths
* Demonstrable, proven experience of working as an administrator delivering similar tasks to those outlined in the job description
* Knowledge of medical terminology
* Familiar with NHS IT systems
* Previous NHS experience
* Experience of organising meetings and note-taking
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Vacancy Closures: Please note, this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.
Name Mitch Sharman-Else
Job title Consultant Late Effect Therapeutic Radiographer
Email address mitch.sharman-else@ouh.nhs.uk
Telephone number 07771334338
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