Cancer Pathway Validator

An opportunity has arisen in Cancer Services to support the delivery of the national Cancer Waiting Times objectives.
The successful applicant will be responsible for tracking cancer suspicious/ cancer confirmed patients through their pathway, from the point of referral to treatment, in line with national standards.
The applicant will be responsible for ensuring timely escalations and treatments. The role is required to work closely with the operational service ensuring that patients pathways are expedited as required.
The role involves using multiple hospital systems, including PAS, ICE and Somerset.
The post holder is expected to cover other team members during periods of absence and increased activity.
This post is a 1 year fixed term position, + Undertake patient-level tracking duties covering elective, cancer and specialist patient pathways, with primary responsibility for patients on a cancer pathway.
+ Ensure the pathway information is recorded accurately on Trust systems including Digicare Expanse & Somerset systems.
+ Provide support for the performance processes of waiting list management and performance reporting, which require review of data and patient level information.
+ Escalating patients to relevant departments and managers where progress is not satisfactory in accordance with the clinical pathway.
+ Support colleagues within the Trust in understanding pathway management, rules and principles; acting as an expert in pathway measurement., We value the contribution of individual talent and are committed to having a workforce that is representative of the local community. We will consider requests for flexible working on hiring., + Review and interpret patient encounters and pathway using multiple clinical systems and patient records to determine the key dates and timelines for patient care.
+ Tracks the progress of patients through key clinical pathways including cancer pathways and cores services such as radiology and pathology. Escalating patients where progress is not satisfactory in accordance with the Cancer Access Policy and standard operating procedures.
+ Review data extracts and validate event dates against patient care information held electronically and within paper records to determine the correct information to be recorded on Patient Administration & Clinical Systems.
+ Utilise Trust systems to collect and monitor information, maintains and updates relevant systems and databases as required.
+ Provide waiting list and patient tracking list validation support to enable delivery of operational services including the escalation of patients who are still awaiting clinical care and are not progressing along their pathway in a timely manner.
+ Provide support for administrative and clinical pathway management processes including providing patient-level information to PTL meeting and MDT meetings.
+ Ensure data correction is undertaken to ensure accurate patient data is held on Patient Administration & Clinical systems for reporting and other purposes.
+ Assist with the maintenance of accurate and complete audit logs of validation and data correction work carried out.
+ Liaise with clinicians, nursing staff and other staff as appropriate in order to achieve collection of accurate data for validation and correction purposes.
+ Support Trust and departmental processes for the review and management of data quality issues related to performance and patient pathway activity.
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust has a responsibility and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm. Every employee of the Trust has a responsibility and is duty bound always to act in the best interest of a child or adult about whom we may have concerns.
Trust policy requires the cost of DBS applications be recovered via salary. The amount of £21.50(standard) or £41.50(enhanced) can be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement in post.
The Trust is committed to creating a well-managed,flexible working environment that supports staff & promotes welfare & development. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity;we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community.We operate Zero Tolerance to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.We will make reasonable adjustments to ensure our recruitment & selection process is accessible to all.Flexible Working applications will be considered.
If you are disabled and have special support needs in applying for a job, attending for an interview or in undertaking any tests as part of a selection process, please contact the Trust's recruitment team on and someone from that team will ensure that the recruiting manager is aware of your particular needs.
Please Note:new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first paypoint of the relevant band.
LWH has a responsibility & is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of children, young people & vulnerable adults & for ensuring that they are protected from harm. Every employee of the Trust has a responsibility & is duty bound always to act in the best interest of a child or adult about whom we may have concerns.
Liverpool Women's Hospital is committed to having a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. To this end, we particularly welcome applicants from racially minoritised backgrounds, who have a disability, or are members of the Armed Forces, Reservists or Veterans.
For agenda for change banded roles; salary payments will reflect the 2023/24 pay scales. The 2024/25 pay scales will be paid in October 2024 including any backpay due. Therefore should the successful applicant start in post prior to October, the salary will initially reflect the 2023/24 pay scales.

Liverpool Women's delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and their families. Each year we deliver over 8,300 babies, carry out over 10,000 gynaecological procedures, and care for over 1,000 poorly and preterm newborns, making us the specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in Europe.
We have some of the leading experts in their field, and, after featuring on One Born Every Minute, Miracle Babies and Special Baby Unit, our teams are famous across the world for their professionalism, skill and compassion.
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We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role., Liverpool Women's delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and their families. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career.