Job Summary
Support Worker Care coordination is not one person’s role, job or responsibility. It is the joining up of services, coordination, information and communication between care givers, treatment providers, those living with and beyond cancer which is referred to as personalised care and support and their families that creates a seamless experience of care. Reporting to the Lead Cancer Nurse the post holder will be responsible for operational management and leadership of the Cancer Support Worker (CSW) team and working with the wider clinical workforce will support the implementation of Personalised Care and Support (PCS) agenda for all cancer patients with the trust.
In conjunction with the Lead Cancer Nurse the post holder will contribute towards the Personalised Care and Support (PCS) strategy.
In conjunction with the Lead Cancer Nurse, the post holder is required to co-ordinate and support delivery of the cancer support services across all tumour sites, ensuring there is equity for all patients affected by a cancer diagnosis.
The post holder will line manage the Cancer Support Workers.
Support Worker Main Duties
As the Cancer Support Worker Team Lead, the post holder will be responsible for managing a Team of Cancer Support Workers, working alongside the MDT in promoting patient self-care, supporting patients diagnosed with cancer to regain as normal a life as possible post diagnosis and treatment.
The post holder will undertake a scoping exercise to support the Lead Cancer Nurse and Lead Cancer AHP understand what the future opportunities are for the service.
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Person Specification
Education, Qualification and Training
Essential
- A relevant degree or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Willingness to undertake learning and development courses
- Evidence of ongoing personal professional development
Desirable
- Previous experience within cancer support worker role
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a supervisory role
- Experience in prioritising and organising own workload
- Previous experience in the NHS or Social Care
- Experience of leading a project
- Experience of maintaining comprehensive record keeping
Desirable
- Experience of presenting information to a range of staff
- Relevant health or social care experience at AfC band 4 or equivalent
- Experience of multi-professional working
- Experience of Cancer information systems
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Working knowledge of the Personalised Care and Support Programme
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office and Windows systems
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to communicate in a clear and articulate manner
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build strong working relationships across teams and staff groups
- Ability to prioritise and deliver against a background of competing demands
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision
- Ability to demonstrate integrity and discretion when working with confidential information
- Demonstrates an understanding of the health and social care environment
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of importance of upholding privacy and dignity
- Knowledge of patients/client’s needs when being treated/cared for in a healthcare setting
Desirable
- An understanding of local cancer policy
- Skills in synthesising and presenting data in a readable format
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 05 January 2025
