Family Support Liaison Co-Ordinator

We are looking for a compassionate, highly motivated individual who is passionate about being part of a team caring for children and families needing cancer treatment and support to join our team of Cancer Nurse Specialists. This role will co-ordinate and support the care of children, young people and their families across BWC., The role of the Family Support Liaison Coordinator for Oncology is a patient facing role supporting all patients from the time of their diagnosis, throughout curative cancer treatment or their transition into palliative, end of life and bereavement care, ensuring the unique needs of the child and family come first. You will facilitate, empower, and enhance the patient experience through effective teamwork, working with the Cancer Nurse Specialist Team and the wider MDT. This is a unique role, which will require excellent communication skills, well developed organisational skills and an ability to be adaptive and flexible in your role to support the team, patients and families in all aspects of care delivery.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.