Lung Cancer Screening Navigator
| Posting date: | 17 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £27,485.00 to £30,162.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27485.00 - £30162.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9339-25-0545 |
Summary
Facilitating the smooth running of the participant journey by ensuring that co-ordinated and streamlined clinical and administrative processes revolve around the patient and their individual needs. To provide information and support about screening processes, including benefits and risks, to enable people to navigate the health and social care system and make choices that are best for them A key aspect of the role involves daily and direct (e.g. face to face and telephone) communication with screening participants, relatives, carers, and other health and social care professionals. The information and nature of the communication required is sensitive due to the nature of cancer screening. Communication in this context requires a high degree of empathy, understanding, diplomacy, honesty and integrity. Communications and Relationships Provide a point of contact for patients through their screening pathway. Maintain contact with the patients and their carers as appropriate during their screening pathway to assess on-going needs and enable a proactive prevention approach. Be responsible for organising appointments and providing relevant information prior to attendance at lung cancer screening. Develop excellent working relationships with departments which deliver lung cancer screening including the administrative and bookings teams, failsafe team, and clinical delivery team, in order to co-ordinate the patients screening journey. Develop strong links with fast track team and local primary care and community teams. Develop and maintain effective professional relationships with participants and with the multi- professional teams including lung cancer screening nurses and clinicians to ensure timely and appropriate scheduling. Work closely with the clinical research team, including the Clinical Trial Manager, Research Fellow and Chief Investigator to support delivery and collect data for the IMPALA trial. Support patients and carers to access appropriate information and support, including sign posting to a range of support services. Inform patients and carers who and how to make contact with when they feel that their condition or needs have changed, as appropriate including what to do out of hours. Have an awareness of the impact of bad news when given a life threatening/life changing diagnosis for some patients which can be distressing. Help to provide patients with an excellent patient experience and take action to address any concerns including escalation of concerns. Document and monitor all aspects of care coordination and service delivery, supporting data collection for audit and research Professional responsibilities: Comment on proposed changes to policies and procedures Support and contribute to audit processes, governance, research, clinical research trials (specifically the IMPALA trial) and service development Complete ICH Good Clinical Practice Training Demonstrate self-directed learning, actively seeking role development opportunities to enhance practice, knowledge and role progression Identify personal education needs and skills development Carry out other administration duties required by the role Help gather information pertinent to the patient pathway Order supplies and equipment as required Understand that there will be exposure to distressing situations and know when to seek appropriate support Demonstrate an awareness of the limits of personal practice and knowledge and understand when to seek appropriate advice