Acute Oncology / Non Specific Symptoms Cancer Care Coordinator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves joining the Acute Oncology Team to provide essential cancer information and support to patients. The coordinator will help individuals navigate the health and social care system, ensuring they receive appropriate support at the right time. Key responsibilities include developing cancer survivorship initiatives and acting as a single point of access for cancer patients, facilitating rapid re-entry into the system for urgent needs.
Key responsibilities
- Provide cancer information and support to patients.
- Enable patients to navigate the health and social care system.
- Coordinate health and well-being clinics to promote independence and self-management.
- Act as a single point of access for cancer patients.
- Facilitate rapid re-entry into the system for patients with urgent or specialist needs.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of cancer survivorship initiatives.
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 3 qualification in Health or Social Care or relevant experience
- Excellent computer/keyboard skills, ECDL or equivalent, proficient in MS Office
- 5 GCSE qualifications with C or above including Maths and English
- Minimum 3 years' experience of working in a health or social care setting
- Minimum 2 years' experience of working with cancer patient
- Awareness of the individual needs of people affected by cancer
- Experience of responding to the support and information needs of others
- Able to recognise limitations
- Ability to communicate effectively and support
- Ability to communicate with cancer patients /families
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
- Adaptable and able to respond to any situation
- Willingness to work flexibly as required
- Sensitive and empathetic
- Ability to multitask and prioritise under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Communication skills training
- Counselling qualification
- Basic Cancer Course
- Experience co-ordinating a patient workload
- Additional training to Foundation degree / diploma level or equivalent through short courses
- Previous experience as Senior Support worker
- Experience of working with patients specific to tumour group
- Understanding of Macmillan Cancer Support and its role across the UK.
- Awareness of Improving Outcomes; A Strategy for Cancer and other national cancer policies
- Knowledge of relevant cancer treatments, interventions and terminology.
- Experience of working without supervision using own initiative
- Diplomatic
- Calm And Objective
- Approachable
- Personally and professionally mature
- Demonstrates enthusiasm
- Ability to work autonomously and part of a team
- Personally and professionally mature
- Ability to travel across sites
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 2d ago · Closes in 8d
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join the Acute Oncology Team, within the Medical Division of Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust. The post holder will be the key person identified for providing cancer information and support, to enable people to navigate the health and social care system and make choices that are best for their cancer and their life. The aim of the role is to make sure that people living with cancer can access the right support, at the right time.
The post-holder will take an active role in contributing towards the development andImplementation of cancer survivorship initiatives enabling people affected by cancer to navigate the health and social care system and become self-supportive i.e. coordinating health and well-being clinics to enable independence and support self-management as appropriate.
The post holder will co-ordinate care by providing a single point of access for cancer patients including rapid re-entry into the system for those people identified as having urgent or specialist needs.
Main duties of the job
For more detailed responsibilities and personal specification please refer to the job description and personal specification which are attached.
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