KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Patient Navigating 1. To navigate patients through their care pathway, from point of referral to treatment, in accordance with the pathway steps and timescales agreed by the SSG. Using hospital IT systems of reporting including PAS, endoscopy reporting systems, radiology reporting systems and histology. 2. To proactively pre-book appointments in accordance with the SSG agreed pathway ensuring that wherever possible patients reach each step in accordance with SSG agreed pathway timescales. 3. To escalate diagnostic appointments for target patients, (if booked outside the appropriate timescale). 4. To proactively identify and resolve delays at all stages in the patient pathway. Where this is not possible, to follow the escalation procedure and network policy for inter-trust transfers, highlighting any relevant issues to line Management. 5. To ensure that patients who require transfer to a tertiary centre are transferred in accordance with the network and SSG agreed timescales, using the appropriate SMDT referral proforma. Making sure that the SMDT referral proforma is complete and sent to the centre within 24hours of the clinical decision to refer the patient and that that all the clinical information as specified by the SSG is transferred within agreed timescales. 6. To highlight any bottlenecks within the process, communicating regularly with line management, and where possible suggesting and implementing solutions. 7. To liaise with other Trusts both within the Network and outside, in order to achieve continuous monitoring of the patients pathway. 8. To identify and advise clinical teams on when waiting times adjustments can be made to the patient journey, ensuring these are accurately documented. L/SMDT Co-ordination 9. To ensure that the room is booked and prepared prior to the S/LMDT, schedule future dates for S/LMDT meetings and ensure a suitable venue is booked on an annual basis. 10. To assist in the preparation of patients lists for S/LMDT, collating information provided by Lead Clinicians, nurse specialists and medical secretaries. To ensure that all members are advised of meetings and any change of date, venue, etc. 11. To oversee that all clinical information is available including patients notes, images and results, in order to support and ensure a smooth running S/LMDT and to facilitate timely clinical decision making. 12. To attend allocated S/LMDT meetings, keeping comprehensive records of attendance and outcomes. To provide reports as requested, including Peer Review. To maintain up-to-date membership lists. 13. To manage systems to inform GPS of patient diagnosis and treatment decision taken at S/LMDT. 14. To ensure that any investigations, treatments and any other actions from the S/LMDT are booked in a timely manner, avoiding any delay in the process. 15. See previous section for SMDT proforma completion and sending of the clinical referral 16. At the S/LMDT meeting ensuring that Consultants and S/LMDT members are aware of patient target treatment dates in relation to the Cancer Waiting Times 31 and 62 day targets. Also advising them of actual or potential delays in progress, or breaches to key milestones including inter-trust referral timelines and decision to treat dates.