Job vacancy: Advanced Cancer Care Navigator, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton | trac.jobs

Job summary Main area Advanced Cancer Care Navigator - Upper GI Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 225-DIV2-8165593JD Employer The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site New Cross Hospital Town Wolverhampton Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum (subject to agenda for change evaluation) Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 14:00 Employer heading Advanced Cancer Care Navigator Band 4 Job overview A new and exciting job role has arisen within the UGI  Cancer Nursing Team for a Band 4 Cancer Care Navigator. Are you organised, caring and eager to improve patient experience within the Upper GI cancer setting, if so this could be the role for you. It will involve  supporting the patients through their diagnosis and treatment pathways ensuring they have the best experience, you will also be a key member of the lung cancer team and will be part of the multi disciplinary team. This is administration role and you will need experience and the relevant qualifications outlined in the person specification. Main duties of the job The UGI are navigator is a non clinical,  mainly telephone based service for cancer patients of the Royal Wolverhampton  NHS Trust, their family, friends and carers. The navigators are the first and single point of contact for any questions and queries that you may have. The purpose of this role is to complement the existing cancer site specific team. To help them support patients through diagnosis, treatment pathways and follow up. This would involve providing patients with information about appointments. Signposting patients/carers to services on where to access information, advice and support. Liaise with the UGI clinical nurse specialists if patients need contacting  about a clinical question about their cancer or care. Working for our organisation The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients. We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Ensure patients and careers are treated with dignity and respect and in keeping with the RWT approach an