The post holder will provide administrative support to aid the referral of patients for PBT. The post holder will manage the clinical pathway of patient referrals from receipt through to acceptance for treatment. They will provide advice regarding referral processes and be the point of contact for all enquiries. The post holder will provide support to the National Clinical Lead for Proton Beam Therapy and associated NHS England Commissioning colleagues, covering the administrative processes for PBT clinical referrals, including (but not limited to) national clinical reference panel responses and commissioning approvals, ensuring processes support efficient patient pathways.
Collate relevant documentation, scans and approvals required from NHS referring centres to support each patient referral, providing specialist administrative expertise for NHS referring centres, NHS England and PBT provider centres commissioned by NHS England.
Work closely with the National Clinical Leads to ensure timeliness of clinical reference panel and commissioning approvals to meet programme performance targets.
Liaise with MDT/scheduling/Keyworker teams to ensure NHS patients are allocated to commissioned treatment centres appropriately according to the published NHS Standard Operating Procedure and NHS England PBT Clinical Policies.
Use expertise and experience to advise on policy and process as the sole national point of contact for patient and healthcare provider enquiries, either by phone or email.
Provide a specialist technical image transfer service using the PBT CT/MRI/PET national imaging exchange portal (IEP) through to treatment centres (within a secure medico-legal I.T and governance framework).
Develop systems and processes to inform referrers and consultant colleagues of patient's referral status, ensuring administration processes support efficient patient pathways.
The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
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