3262 - Macmillan Cancer Support Worker / Navigator

We are looking for a highly skilled, experienced, motivated and enthusiastic staff member to work as part of Cancer services with Macmillan Cancer Support in a fixed term Cancer support worker (CSW) role as a band 4 for The Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Pod based on the ground floor in Barnsley Hospital.

This post holder will work patient/ people facing, and will provide personalised care needs for the patients, visitors and relatives who are supported by the CNS teams. The CSW will liaise with additional services to manage the patients needs, signposting to support any additional factors around holistic care needs in NON clinical requests such as; wellbeing, finances, social factors and emotional care.

You will be linking in with the Trust Lead Cancer Nurse, Macmillan Cancer Health and Wellbeing Facilitator, The Well for Wellbeing, existing Macmillan CSWs, the Macmillan Personalised Care Facilitator and the Trust volunteers (who help support the running of the POD on a daily basis).

We are looking for an individual with experience and knowledge around cancer needs and who can demonstrate career experience at Band 3/ 4; from a background which reflects high levels of practice around the cancer remit, with some degree of knowledge and/or skills working with patients.

Whilst being an essential team player to the cancer services management team, clinical cancer nursing teams, and cancer services, you will be required to be self-motivated and able to prioritise and promote the service needs. As well as working autonomously / and co-ordinating care with others. We require someone with vision and enthusiasm - a person who wants to improve patient cancer care and patient experience.

Over the working week the post holder will be based mainly in the POD and will ensure that patients have a point of contact to come for information and support. They will work closely /but remotely with the CNS teams to ensure that patients are referred on to additional services as needed. The postholder will help write the rota for the POD from the additional cohort of CSWs when they are on annual leave, to ensure that the service runs in their absence.The POD is often the face of Macmillan and we require someone who has excellent communion skills and who can comfortably speak with visitors, assessing non clinical concerns quickly, and finding solutions before documenting cases within the cancer system., Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close a position early.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust achieving a Good rating in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives. We are proud of the commitment of our staff to ensuring a strong and sustainable future for this organisation which is highly valued by our local communities.

There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation, where staff are engaged for change and committed to being part of the journey to sustainability and growth.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles only will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.