Cancer Care Navigator Gynaecology inShrewsbury inShrewsbury PUBLISHED
MON 28 OCT 2024
Key responsibilities include triaging incoming calls, offering basic telephone advice, and facilitating access to relevant support services. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the nursing team to resolve barriers to patient care while documenting and monitoring service delivery to enhance the overall patient experience. This role is ideal for someone passionate about supporting cancer patients within a compassionate and friendly team environment.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual with passion for providing gold standard care for patients who have cancer.
This role will work within a team of Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) and lead consultants within the Gynaecology cancer team, if you would like to work in a friendly, passionate and caring team then this role could be for you.
You will be providing a supportive role to the team, and will be providing administrative and tracking role, you will work in collaboration with the nursing team and to support patients through their cancer pathway.
Triage incoming calls, initiate appropriate response according to assessment tools, protocols and individual pathways, liaising with the CNS team as appropriate
Provide basic telephone advice and refer or signpost to other sources of support
Coordinate the necessary assessments, appointments, investigations as per the patients care plan, including the use of the somerset cancer register system
Document and monitor aspects of care coordination and service delivery
Resolve issues which are perceived barriers to patient care
Assist people to access appropriate information and signpost as appropriate
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