Cancer Support Worker • Bristol University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nCancer Support Worker with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in Bristol, England, United Kingdom\n\nThe Cancer Support Worker team at UHBW are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our compassionate & well-established team, who provide personalised support and information to people living with and affected by cancer. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, UHBW are implementing a digital cancer remote monitoring system, My Medical Record (MMR) to enable remote cancer surveillance and Personalised Stratified Follow-Up (PSFU) pathways of care for people with cancer. MMR allows patients and clinical staff to manage follow ups remotely, via an on-line patient portal and clinical tracker, as well as health and wellbeing resources and direct access to their clinical team. This Cancer Support Worker role will be critical in the effective implementation and development of My Medical Record services for cancer follow-up care. Our cancer support workers work closely with all members of the cancer clinical teams and cancer services across the Trust, providing coordination & delivery of support, personalised care interventions and signposting to additional services. This provides a fantastic opportunity for you to contribute to improving the overall experience of cancer care at UHBW and work within a friendly and supportive team with an interdisciplinary approach to delivering personalised care. Act as a single point of access to patients who are on self-managed follow-up pathways Proactively support and coordinate the overall needs of patients on initiated follow-up pathway, using own judgement and escalating to the relevant practitioner as necessary Support and coordination of remote surveillance for patients on self managed follow up (PIFU) pathways to ensure risk free survivorship Coordinate access to personalised information and education resources for patients, and their carers, on PSFU pathways Coordinate and support access to and delivery of self management programmes for patients and their carers Communicate effectively with patients and carers and with a wide range of clinical and non-clinical stakeholders in secondary and community settings Organisation and Planning University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ellie Lewis Job title: Personalised Care & Support Manager Email address: eleana.lewis@uhbw.nhs.uk"}