Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: Full time Monday- Friday
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 408-25-078-A
- Employer
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wirral university Teaching Hospital NHS Truat
- Town
- Wirral
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Cancer Care Co-ordinator
Band 4
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Job overview
Applications are invited for the post of Cancer Care Coordinator within the Lung cancer nursing team based at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust. Full Time Monday-Friday.
This is a pivotal role and is required to support the lung cancer team to coordinate the pathway for patients with cancer. You will be key to ensuring that cancer standards are met by proactively managing the patient pathway to ensure that patients receive their treatment in a timely and efficient way. This will involve liaising with clinical and administrative teams, both within the Trust and tertiary centres to coordinate appointments, investigations, and treatment. You will be communicating with patients and family members at a very challenging time, an empathetic, patient manner is required.
In addition, you will provide administrative support to the team and ensure all data requirements are collected and inputted onto the relevant database.
Main duties of the job
- Participate in patient and public involvement activities to promote the service including awareness and promotional events outside of the centre.
- Present / attend cancer conferences locally and regionally as required.
- Organise the day to running of the service, organising meetings, bookings rooms, responding to email enquiries.
- Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others.
- Work with other Co-ordinators across the region to adopt best practice
- Use databases and computer packages to initiate and maintain records and generate statistics for analytical purposes
- Coordinate the handover with other teams to facilitate safe and effective transition of care between services in order to provide seamless support for people
- Document and monitor all aspects of care coordination and service delivery, supporting data collection for audit
- The post holder will demonstrate excellent organisational skills
Working for our organisation
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Macmillan Cancer Care Co-ordinator position available with WUTH.
Person specification
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 3/ 4 qualification in Health or Social Care or equivalent experience
- 5 GCSE qualifications with C or above including Maths and English
- Excellent computer/keyboard skills, ECDL or equivalent, proficient in MS Office
Desirable criteria
- Communication skills training
- Counselling qualification
- Basic Cancer Course
- Additional training to Foundation degree / diploma level or equivalent through short courses
- Experience co-ordinating a patient workload
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- 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
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- 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
- Sensitive and empathetic
- Ability to multitask and prioritise under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Diplomatic
- Calm And Objective
- Approachable
- Personally, and professionally mature
- Demonstrates enthusiasm
- Ability to work autonomously and part of a team
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel across sites
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paula Deus
- Job title
- Macmillian Lung Cancer Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01516785111
- Additional information
Please contact Paula Deus- Macmillan Lung cancer nurse for an informal discussion 0151 604 7482
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