This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidates to join our team to carry out a varied and challenging role as a Cancer Pathway Tracker. Cancer Services provides support to selected MDT teams within the organisation, tracking and monitoring patient’s cancer pathways to help deliver National Waiting Time Standards.
The successful candidate must have a flexible approach, possess excellent communication skills, must be reliable, well organised and able to work as part of a team or independently.
We strongly encourage applicants to contact the Cancer Services Team to find out more about the role prior to interview to gain a more in depth understanding of the job.
• Tracy Smart, Deputy Performance & Operations Manager, tracy.smart@uhbw.nhs.uk
• Eleanor Rouse, Assistant Performance & Operations Manager, eleanor.rouse@uhbw.nhs.uk
• Weston MDT Coordinator Team, cancerservices@uhbw.nhs.uk
We are looking to recruit two vacancies:
1 x Part time 22.5hrs per week. Must work Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday.
1 x Part time 22.5hrs per week. Must work Monday, Thursday & Friday.
*We would consider 1 x Full time instead of 2x Part time for the right candidate.
The post holder is responsible for the provision of administrative support to the Cancer Services Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Coordinators.
The Cancer Services MDT team is responsible for monitoring all patients referred on a suspected cancer pathway. Most referrals come from GPs made via the Electronic Referral System (ERS) but they may also come from other sources including Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings (MDTs), consultants, nurses or Accident and Emergency.
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University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Monday 21 Oct 2024
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