This post is open to employees of the five LAASP organisations. As part of your application, you will be asked to confirm that you are a current employee of The Clatterbridge Centre, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals, Liverpool Women’s Hospital or, The Walton Centre.
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced Band 4 Cancer Support Worker to be involved as a key member of the Hepatobiliary Cancer Team in a new approach to co-ordinating the care and multi-disciplinary management of HPB Cancer patients.
The post holder will be an integral part of the Team, who assists, supports and co-ordinates the pathway for patients. A large part of the role is providing administrative and coordination support to patients, families, consultants, nurse specialists and other staff involved in the pathway. The successful applicant will ensure the efficient channelling and close co-ordination of the patient follow up pathway.
The post holder will demonstrate excellent organisational skills, must be flexible in approach, able to exercise initiative and demonstrate a consistently high standard of professionalism, being aware of the need for confidentiality and integrity. The post holder will have excellent communication skills and be willing to undertake on-going training and development. In addition, the post holder will be able to signpost patients and carers to the relevant sources of support and information appropriate to their needs.
You will be skilled in assessing and meeting individual patient information needs, whilst facilitating access for all patients to the Holistic Needs Assessment and Care Plan being sensitive to assessing requirement for e.g. benefits advice, family support and advocacy support.
You will facilitate the organisation of, and contribute to, project steering group meetings. You will support data collection and record keeping including patient experience metrics for audit purposes and to facilitate project evaluation.
Applicants should possess excellent literacy, communication, IT and organisational skills and should be prepared to work within a flexible working environment. Previous experience working clinically with patients with cancer or other types of chronic life changing conditions is essential.
The role will report directly to the Hepatobiliary Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Jones Job title: Hepatobiliary Clinical Nurse Specialist Email address: LOUISE.JONES@liverpoolft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0151 529 8547
