Screening Tracker | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £30,039 - £31,088 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2025 |
| Location: | Tooting, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7232521/200-NN-7047902-AC-Y-A |
Summary
We are looking for someone who has extensive administrative experience, whether in the NHS or equivalent public sector and experience working with the public is key. You must also demonstrate excellent organisational skills and be able to work under pressure, prioritise workloads and work to deadlines. The ability to work successfully as part of a team is essential for this role. This is a busy role and attention to detail is key, you will need to have a flexible approach to work and be able to maintain accuracy while dealing with many interruptions.
This is a 37.5 hour position, working between 08:30-17:00 Monday-Friday at The Rose Centre based at St Georges Hospital
Identify and record all screening clients who receive an abnormal mammogram result and proactively track their pathway, escalating any potential delays to the Data Manager or Programme Manager for further discussion with the Cancer Services Team.
Assist the Screening MDT Co-ordinator as required in periods of sickness, annual leave, and any other absences.
Liaise with colleagues within the Breast service, Trust and/or in other hospitals to ensure progression of the patient’s journey.
*We will close the vacancy before the advertised closing date if a high volume of applicants are received*
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
South West London Breast Screening Service is looking for a highly motivated and competent Screening Tracker. You will work closely with our Data Manager and will be working as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team and will provide comprehensive administrative support within a busy environment.
1. Proactively track all patients called to screening assessment and escalate as required to ensure a timely diagnosis and treatment for cancer patients, in line with national cancer targets.
2. Liaise closely with those involved in providing timely care for patients, working closely and proactively with the clinical teams to ensure that the screening pathway progresses smoothly and in a timely manner.
3. To hold and to also maintain knowledge of the wide range of procedures involved in booking appointments, to effectively record patients onto Cerner and Infoflex.
4. Accurately input and update assessment screening data to the local Cancer Wait Teams relevant database for the Screening Unit to report on patient tracking and adherence of the Faster Diagnosis Standards pathway and 62 Day Cancer Wait Times
5. Attend the weekly PTL Meeting and the Screening MDMs to ensure tracking information is accurate and up to date; and following up on actions as appropriate in conjunction with the Breast management team.
6. Maintain timely and accurate data collection, taking corrective action when data is incomplete or inaccurate.
7. Proactively identify and report delays at all stages in the patient pathway, highlighting any relevant issues to the Data Manager so that we can work together with our clinical colleagues to ensure sufficient capacity to meet the agreed patient pathway standards.
8. To maintain training requirements relevant to delivering the role in line with local and national targets and applications used; to support the service by training new starters on use of relevant applications used to deliver the role.
9. To proactively monitor the SWLBSS Referral log, liaising with Data/MDM Coordinators and referral administrators; ensuring associated referral reports obtained and sent as part of the referral process to external treating trusts.
***Please refer to attached job description and person specification for full job main duties:***
This advert closes on Thursday 5 Jun 2025
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