250924-Cancer Care Navigator
About The Organisation
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate \& Property \& Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
The Role
This post will contribute to the provision of dedicated person\-centred support in the cancer pathway. There is strong evidence of increased patient uncertainty and anxiety during cancer treatment. this post seeks to support communication and coordination of support to patients and families on their pathway. The post will promote connectivity between services within cancer services, Local authorities, Health and Social and third sector providers. The main objective is to facilitate patient and family support with appropriate support as an integral component as part of the cancer specific specialist nursing teams.
The post holder will work with all members of the tumour specific multidisciplinary cancer teams and will be responsible for ensuring that a single point of contact will be available to people affected by cancer. They will facilitate the treatment journey working closely with specialist nursing teams. This will facilitate specialist nurses being as patient focussed as possible on providing clinical care. This will enable patients to receive ongoing accessible support.
Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
In this key role, you will:
Cancer Nursing Teams work across the specific Multi\-disciplinary team, providing a key responsibility in patient management. CNS’s are pivotal in supporting and coordinating local cancer care and services. Furthermore, they provide support and guidance to patients and families who have a cancer diagnosis. They have significant responsibility in ensuring the hub and spoke regional oncology service functions to support patients and families.
CNS’s provide a holistic approach to cancer care providing continuity and support to patients in an increasingly pressurised environment.
The addition of Cancer Care Navigators into the nursing teams to directly support nursing team activity has proven to be extremely beneficial to patients and has supported productivity of CNS’s services and the organisation.
What You'll Bring:
- HND Business Administration or equivalent experience.
- Experience within a hospital or similar healthcare setting.
- Effective organisational skills and ability to manage complex situations.
- Ability to develop and implement administrative systems and processes
- Motivated with strong interpersonal and team working skills and an effective negotiator with the ability to influence others.
- IT literacy skills, including data capture and complex networked systems
- Good organisational skills with attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to prioritise their workload and be proactive and work with minimal supervision.
What we Offer
As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
- Annual Leave \- 35 days including public holidays
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Annual incremental salary progression
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- NHS discounts and more.
- Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Heather Lamont , Recruitment Administrator on \- Heather.Lamont@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Interested?
Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, righttowork requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application
You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack
Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early.
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