PCN Cancer Care Co-ordinator

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	03 Gorffennaf 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	Negotiable
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	24 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad:	Nelson, BB9 7SR
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	A5280-25-0001

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Job Purpose From 2028 55,000 more people will survive five years following a diagnosis of cancer. To achieve this about 75% of cancer patients need to survive five years. Currently just over 50% of patients survive 5 years. By 2028 75% of cancers will be diagnosed at an early stage (stage 1 or 2). Currently just over 50% of patients are diagnosed at an early stage. Patient experience of cancer care needs to be improved with better personalisation of cancer care. The PCN Cancer Care Co-ordinator will have responsibility for supporting and developing co-ordination and management of the Early Detection & Prevention of Cancer across the Primary Care Network and ensuring that the early part of the patients cancer journey is as seamless as possible. Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility You are to work within our Primary Care Network (PCN) multidisciplinary healthcare team. This role gives the exciting opportunity to work with a committed team and to help shape the delivery of services, and projects to the patient population. The candidate will need a flexible approach to change and be instrumental in the delivery of the PCNs aims for patient centred care. You will work closely with GP practices across the PCN to help run reports, organise patient visits, deal with tasks and general enquiries. You will be a liaison source of information for the GPs and Practice Managers of the PCN, Integrated Care Board, NHS England and Primary Care Networks. You will work closely with clinical pharmacists, advanced clinical practitioners, doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants, administrative staff and management teams to ensure patients are being directed to and receiving the most suitable care for them. The post holder may from time to time be required to work from different practices within the area so will require a degree of flexibility and a range of duties that may vary as the service develops. The Care Coordinator will be part of the Primary Care Network (PCN) Team responsible for supporting the care of patients registered with practices within the PCN. Duties and Responsibilities To assist the Primary Care Network (PCN) in delivering improvements to the services we provide our patients in relation to the following aspects of patient care - Participation in national cancer screening programmes. Ensuring robust and supportive referral practices are in place for patients suspected of having cancer; including use of guidelines, professional development, and safety netting of those referred. In support of collaborative working the post holder will form productive and supportive relationships with practice staff who have the skills, knowledge and remit to contribute to this work. e.g., GP practice non clinical cancer champions, social prescribers, pharmacists, secretaries, etc. The post holder will assist the PCN constituent practices to evaluate their screening uptake and engage hard to reach populations and to reduce health inequalities. This will include working alongside practices to enhance processes to track and follow-up screening non-responders. Take forward proactive monitoring and tracking of patients suspected or confirmed of having a cancer diagnosis ensuring that their journey is processed in a timely and efficient manner, in line with Cancer Waiting Time Targets. Provide advice and support to practices on cancer audit/referral review of cancer diagnoses. To work with practices to collate the learning from case reviews to identify any trends or learning. Develop with core staff across the PCN consistent safety netting approaches/systems to monitoring patients who have been referred urgently with suspected cancer or for further investigations to exclude the possibility of cancer. Provide the PCN with support to host peer-to-peer learning events that look at data and trends in diagnosis and screening. Including appropriate contributors from other organisations. Source appropriate resources, training, system examples from appropriate organisation such as the Cancer Alliance, Cancer Research UK, Macmillan, and local authority partners. Be a point of contact for PCN member Practices to develop and implement their cancer screening improvement action plans. Create a Library of PCN data packs and other resources to support the delivery of information to patients in a wide variety of formats to meet the needs of all patient groups, including those with Learning Disabilities, and people for whom English is not a first language. Review practice coding for report building and templates to ensure consistency across the PCN and accuracy of data. Identify coding anomalies and liaise with Ardens (template and reports used by all member practices). Provide administrative support for project evaluation and feedback.