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Macmillan Support Worker for the Urology Oncology Team | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 03 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,944 - £34,937 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 April 2025 |
| Location: | London, EC1A 7BE |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7050171/259-7050171SBH |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Cancer Support Worker to join to the Urology Oncology specialist nursing team at Barts Hospital.
This role will support the coordination of care for Uro-oncology cancer patients living with and beyond a diagnosis of a cancer. The role will include providing administrative support to patients, families, Consultants, CNSs and other staff involved in the Urology-Oncology pathway. There will be a focus on ensuring the provision of good information to patients and their families, and being a point of contact for them in the case of any general queries. The role will also help the CNS teams to undertake Holistic Needs Assessments, and personalised care and support planning; signposting patients to support services and resources, triaging patient phone calls, help organise health and wellbeing events and will work to improve the overall experience of patients and their families.
In the Barts Health Cancer Service there are lots of opportunities for learning and developing skills and we support nurses in their professional development.
This role will support the coordination of care for Urology oncology patients throughout their diagnostic and treatment pathway. There will be a focus on ensuring the provision of good information to patients and their families, and being a point of contact for them in the case of any general queries. The role will also help the CNS Teams to undertake Holistic Needs Assessments and other elements of the Recovery Package, and will work to improve the overall experience of urological cancer patients and theircarers.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Monday 17 Mar 2025