Cancer Co-ordinator

The Cancer Co-Ordinator provides valuable support and knowledge to the senior management, consultants and administration staff for our Breast Service .,

• To assist the team to ensure all patient appointments, investigations and procedures are managed and arranged within the specified timescales in order to provide an optimum level of care for each patient.


• Assist the team to ensure waiting time targets are not breached and patients needs are met.


• To work alongside and provide administration support for the Clinical Nurse Specialists.


• A key aspect of the role involves daily and direct (eg. Face to face and telephone) communication with patients, relatives, carers and other health and social care professionals. The information and nature of the communication required is sensitive due to the nature of cancer. Communication in this context requires a high degree of empathy, understanding, diplomacy, honesty and integrity
  
  Knowledge and understanding of both inpatient and outpatient activity is an essential part of this role in order to maintain the high performance targets within Family Services .
  
  NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.


Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.