Cancer Support Worker (Remote Health)

The Patient Directed Open Access (PDOA) Service provide on-going support and surveillance to patients who have completed their primary cancer treatment & deemed eligible to move onto a self-management pathway.
Remote Health Cancer Support Workers play a vital role in the PDOA Service providing essential assistance, surveillance and emotional support to individuals and families affected by cancer.
We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic & organised Remote Health Cancer Support Worker to join our team who will be required to act as the first point of contact for patients and work closely with clinical teams to provide personalised support to patients, monitor on-going protocolised surveillance & support patients living with and beyond cancer.
The ideal candidate will have experience in oncology, strong communication skills and a good knowledge of administrative systems., + To act as the main point of contact for stratified patients
+ To provide complex, but non-clinical information to patients and carers
+ Facilitate and lead regular workshops to educate patients in navigating Personalised Stratified Follow-up (PSFU) self-management pathways
+ Use initiate to sign-post patients to relevant services and support
+ Fostering links between patients and their key workers and specialist nurses

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.