Job Title

Full administrative support to the Local Cancer Multidisciplinary Team Meetings and proactive monitoring and tracking of the cancer patients ensuring that their journey is processed in a timely and efficient manner, in line with Cancer Waiting Times. Working closely with other hospital departments to ensure appointments and investigations are arranged in a timely fashion.

Please note this role will not be eligible for sponsorship as it doesn't meet the minimum salary requirements for a skilled worker visa, therefore you must have appropriate right to work in the UK or your application will not be progressed to the next stage of Recruitment.

Patient Pathway

• Ensure diagnostic investigations are carried out in a timely manner and the results of such are made available as soon as possible to clinicians.
• Be responsible for identifying patients coming into the Trust referred either via the fast track or other routes (at positive histology).
• Track and guide (virtually) the patient through the hospital system ensuring there are no system delays which will prevent the patient achieving the cancer waiting time targets.
• Be responsible for identifying and resolving delays in the patient pathway. Where this is not possible, ways forward to be discussed and agreed with the Divisional Manager and Deputy Cancer Manager.
• Ensure all data in relation to the patient journey is input onto SCR (Somerset Cancer Register) which is the Cancer Services database.
• Highlight any regular system bottlenecks and contribute ideas to resolve these.
• Work closely with the Deputy Cancer Manager and Service Improvement Facilitator to continually improve the patient journey.
• Be able to identify and advise clinical teams on when adjustments can be made to the patient journey, ensuring these are documented on the PTL and the Cancer Database –SCR.