Upper GI Straight to Test Support Worker | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 January 2026 |
| Location: | Sutton In Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7660554/214-MED-7465841-A |
Summary
Sherwood Forest Hospitals are looking for a proactive and organised Support Worker to join our Upper GI Team at King’s Mill Hospital, supporting the delivery of high-quality care for patients with suspected Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer.
Key Responsibilities:
• Act as a first point of contact for patients, carers, and healthcare professionals—handling face-to-face, telephone, and email enquiries.
• To support the UGI CNS to identify the needs of upper GI cancer patients, via contributing to the Holistic Needs Assessment process where appropriate.
• To provide general information and support regarding patient pathway and diagnostic
tests, to enable patients to navigate the health and social care system, and make optimal choices
• Maintain and update spreadsheets and databases to track patient activity and support service audits.
• Assist with the administrative running of nurse-led tele-clinics and health and well-being clinics.
• Order and manage educational resources for patients.
• Support the CNS team in data collection and audit activities to improve service delivery.
Apply now to join our team!
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Dec 2025
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