Acute Oncology Coordinator | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,530 - £29,114 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 June 2025 |
| Location: | Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 9RW |
| Company: | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7231729/245-ADM4MED-05-25 |
Summary
Acute Oncology Coordinator - 15 hours
The Acute Oncology Coordinator is responsible for the administrative support, coordination and organisation of the Acute Oncology Service under the direction of Acute Oncology Specialist Nurses and Oncologists, collectively known as the Acute Oncology Team.
As the Acute Oncology Coordinator, you will aid the Acute Oncology Service to demonstrate effective patient outcomes and ensure patients are seen without any delays to their individual cancer care pathway.
Aid the acute oncology team to demonstrate effective time management and organisation skills to ensure patients are seen without any delays to pathways and to be actively involved in the daily triaging of cancer patients attending the Trust.
Work closely with other departments within the Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care Foundation Trust and The Christie Hospital.
Provide full administrative, clerical and secretarial support for the team and co-ordinate regular team meetings, this will include concise minute taking.
Collect and input into various databases all performance and clinical audit data to support the acute oncology service.
Liaise with Outpatient Departments and The Christie Hospital to arrange follow up appointments for patients seen by the Acute Oncology Team where appropriate. Be the first point of contact for patients and relatives accessing the Acute Oncology Service via telephone. This will include effective sign posting to other services and reacting appropriately to patients in emergency situations and notifying the Acute Oncology Nurses of patients attending the Emergency Department.
Assist the AOT to plan and co-ordinate specialist programs of education and training internally and externally including preparing all the necessary documentation and maintaining a comprehensive training register.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills,experienceand knowledgerequired. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full personspecification, butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Jun 2025