Rapid Diagnostic Service - Cancer Data Co-ordinator | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 09 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | Across East Lancashire Sites, BB10 2PQ |
| Company: | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6174664/435-S081-24 |
Summary
This is a rewarding opportunity to join the Cancer Services Rapid Diagnostic team. The Rapid Diagnostic team are responsible for supporting clinicians and patients through an expedited suspected cancer pathway to ensure that patients are informed that they either do or don't have cancer by day 28 on their pathway.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and organised person to work as part of a team of Rapid Diagnostic Co-ordinators and Rapid Diagnostic Nurses. The post holder must have data entry skills, be able to demonstrate exposure to medical terminology and be able to pay keen attention to detail.
Excellent organisation skills and communication skills are also key as the workload is busy and ever changing.
You will play a pivotal role in managing a caseload of patients referred into the Trust for all tumour sites. This will involve liaising with various departments and other hospitals across the North West, working closely with nurses, secretaries, pathology, radiology, waiting list and booking clerks so that patient’s pathways are progressed and escalated where necessary. This ensures minimal delays in patient care and compliance with the National Cancer Waiting Times (CWT) standards
You will also be responsible for entering data that is required for National Audits - Bowel (NBOCA), Oesphago-gastric (NOGCA), Breast ( NABCOP), Prostate ( NPCA, Lung ( NLCA). Cancer Outcomes Services Dataset (COSD).
At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing Safe, Personal and Effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding areas. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
We have a strong teamwork ethos and we liaise with various different stakeholders at ELHT, as well as at other Trusts as we have shared cancer care for some patients during their cancer journey.
Providing Safe, Personal, Effective care is at the heart of everything we do. Whilst the data team do not have patient facing contact, they do play a pivotal part in escalating the investigations for dating or reporting, chasing for appointments and surgery dates to ensure that the patient moves smoothly along the pathway.
1. To ensure that the Trust has robust information to monitor Cancer access targets by:• Tracking the progress of patients by identifying key points in the patient journey from other Trust systems (e.g. Pathology & Radiology Systems, Patient Administration Systems, Clinical Information Systems etc.)
• Obtaining key information from other Trust staff including secretaries, MDT Co-ordinators, Booking Staff etc.
• Obtaining key items of data from other systems, including histology results, appointment dates and admission dates, and entering this key information onto the Cancer Information System
• Creating management summaries for high-risk patients approaching target dates
• Liaising with service managers and Multi-Disciplinary Team Co-ordinators in order to prevent breaches of targets
• Highlighting high-risk patients to the Cancer Data Manager and the Business Manager for Cancer Services
• Assisting with the production of Primary Targeting Lists showing patients on cancer pathways
2. To collate the information required for the national Cancer Waiting Times database:• Ensuring all data items required for the Cancer Waiting Times database are captured in the Trust’s Cancer Information System
• Ensuring data is collected in a timely fashion, and is available for upload to the national database in line with national deadlines
• Summarise patient pathways for review and analysis
• Highlight potential blockages in the system
3. To assist in the provision of both routine and ad-hoc information to the Trust Board, Business Managers, Clinicians and Commissioners• Supplying information on Cancer Waiting Times for inclusion in key reports
• Providing ad-hoc information requests pertaining to own tumour site
• Assisting in the development of information reports from the Trust’s Cancer Information System
4. To ensure that data is robust and fit for purpose by:• Ensuring all data is validated prior to its inclusion in any reports or entry onto the database
• Liaising with relevant data quality leads in order to highlight any problem areas
• Providing both routine and ad-hoc validation checks on data held on Trust systems
5. To provide information required for national clinical audit databases for specific tumour sites, including:• National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA)
• National Bowel Cancer Audit (NBCA)
• National Audit of Breast Cancer in Older Patients (NABCOP)
• National-Oesophago-Gastric Cancer Audit (NOGCA)
• National Prostate Cancer Audit (NPCA)
6. To ensure all procedures are fully documented and that all work undertaken complies with both Data Protection & Caldicott recommendations
This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Apr 2024