Living with and Beyond cancer coordinator

The post holder will work as an integral part of the Living with and Beyond Cancer Specialist Nursing and Administrative Team to provide support to the team and to members of the public diagnosed and living with cancer in the Dudley borough to implement the elements of person centred care.

Service delivery will be delivered in a variety of settings including hospital clinics and wards, cancer charity venue and other outreach venues. The post holder will also be required to undertake administrative duties, including maintaining databases, collection of data and outcoming clinics. Part of the role will be coordinating health and well being events and supporting patients and families. Cancer experience essential.

The purpose of this post is to provide assistance to the Lead Cancer Nurse and living with and beyond cancer (LWBC) nurses to support the success and smooth implementation of all elements of the recovery package including holistic needs assessment (HNA), treatment summaries, cancer care review and a health and wellbeing event into each cancer patient pathway.

The post holder will work with site specific cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS’s) to support implementation of holistic needs assessment and implementation of treatment summaries within each site.

The post holder will be responsible for the running of the monthly LWBC health and wellbeing event for cancer patients and their carers.

The post holder will be the main link to the service to ensure that patients and professionals have a direct person to contact in relation to the health and wellbeing event thus improving communication and information sharing.

The post holder will work with site specific teams to identify suitable patients to attend the event thus increasing access to the event for all patients. At the event the post holder will provide HNA forms, support patients and carers to complete them and ensure that the forms are distributed to the site specific clinical nurse specialists for action following the screening process via HNA.

The post holder will also assist with audit and data collection in all elements of the person centred care agenda.

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of “excellent health care, improved health for all”. We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.

Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD department. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values, plus much more. For those in a Management/Leadership role, there are additional programmes to support you to develop the skills you need. These include our Managers Essentials Programme and a Leadership Programme that all managers will attend as part of your Dudley Managers Induction. Our Learning Prospectus is a great way to discover the details behind what’s available for you here at The Dudley Group.

We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.