Non Clinical - Oncology Cancer Care Navigator- INTERNAL

  • Department Oncology
  • Salary £27,485.00 – £30,162 per annum
  • Closing Date 03/11/2025
  • Location The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 4
  • Job ref 223-OCC-785
  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract Permanent
  • Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job overview

INTERNAL VACANCY

This post is for internal candidates to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. If you are not currently working within The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

This is an exciting opportunity for a caring, compassionate and motivated individual to work with our Clinical Nurse Specialist and Chemotherapy teams as a Cancer Care Navigator.

This role will help patients and clinical teams to deliver effective patient care; you will be the first point of contact for patients with queries and your role will involve supporting these patients and directing them to the most appropriate person to help. 

The successful applicant will be educated to GCSE level including Maths and English and have experience of working with cancer patients.

You will also liaise with the clinical nurse specialists, Oncology consultants, and Oncology administration and secretarial staff to be able to answer some patient queries.  it is intended that this role will support  colorectal patients and chemotherapy receiving treatment within the Oncology department, therefore the ability to show empathy and understanding is essential.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to complement the existing Oncology team. 
To help patients through diagnosis, treatment pathways and follow up.
To ensure the provision of safe, seamless, appropriate service. This helps maximise the health and quality of life of patient and carers. 
The role will involve a significant amount of patient contact on a regular basis.   
You will also undertake Holistic Needs Assessments for a specific patient group, these help identify patient needs at the start of their treatment and at regular points during treatment.

Working for our organisation

Oncology is close knit team and you will work with all members of the multi-disciplinary team in order to provide effective patient care. This role will focus on patients with one or two specific Oncology diagnoses, the area you will be working in will be decided depending on the skill set of the person appointed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

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The well-being of our staff is of the upmost importance to us.  If you are offered a role at our Trust, and fall into the increased and higher risk categories as set out by Public Health England (PHE) and NHSI/E, your line manager will complete an risk assessment with you.  This will be completed in conjunction with the latest guidance from Public Health England in relation to Covid-19.

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In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
 
Unfortunately we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.
 
We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.  In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
 
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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