Cancer Pathway Tracker | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,008 - £25,553 per annum inluding HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Slough or Camberley, SL2 4HL |
| Company: | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6192548/151-DV-145 |
Summary
Cancer Pathway Trackers will be responsible for documenting and monitoring patients’ cancer pathways to ensure accurate information is entered into the Cancer Tracking Database (Somerset Cancer Register), read and interpret clinic letters to determine patients’ next steps, and escalate any delays in the pathways.
They will transfer key information from the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record system (EPIC) into the Cancer Tracking System (Somerset Cancer Register) ensuring that Trust’s standards are adhered to in relation to all documentation and data input.
Cancer Pathway Trackers will be responsible for monitoring patients following an urgent suspected cancer referral to ensure that patients are seen and investigated/diagnosed within nationally agreed parameters and that the necessary escalation and subsequent documentation is carried out for patients booked outside of those parameters.
They are to be responsible for alerting and escalating to the Shared Care Navigator Team Leader and Cancer Performance Manager when problems and delays arise.
• To work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team prioritising activities to ensure workload is completed in a timely manner.
• To follow the departmental escalation process by informing the Cancer Services Team Leader if they become aware of any potential issues/breaches against the Cancer Waiting Times targets and update Somerset with all actions taken, contributing towards any potential breach reports.
• To utilise hospital systems, such EPIC and Somerset Cancer Register, to track and monitor patients appropriately through their suspected cancer pathways.
• Accurately record referrals onto Somerset from EPIC, ERS or referral letters. To chase images and relevant reports from other hospitals and upload to EPIC.
There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.
• To track the progress of suspected cancer referrals and input designated data items onto Somerset in a timely and accurate manner.
• To take responsibility of daily Two Week Wait spreadsheet to ensure all referrals are up to date on Somerset, and to query and escalate any discrepancies with the relevant teams e.g., Booking Centre, Clinical Teams, Waiting List, Radiology etc.
• To input data onto the Somerset from structured reports on a daily/weekly basis, as assigned by the Cancer Services Team Leader and Cancer Performance Manager.
• To monitor and update the PTLs (Patient Tracking List) and update Somerset with investigations and tracking notes.
• Actively searching for missing data items, working with clinical and administrative teams.
• Undertaking data cleansing exercises, ensuring data is of a high quality, properly curated and robust.
• Establishing and maintaining effective communication networks and working relationships with MDT coordinators and other members of the wider Trust team, demonstrating good communication skills, both verbally and in written form and ensuring that a professional and seamless service is provided.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024
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