Oncology Navigator

  • Shrewsbury
  • Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital Nhs Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for a caring, compassionate and motivated individual to work with our Clinical Nurse Specialist and Chemotherapy teams in this fairly new roles as Cancer Care Navigator. These two posts will be supporting the Colo-rectal, Lung & Upper GI patients receiving treatment at the Oncology treatment unit.

The purpose of this role is to complement the existing Oncology team to support patients through diagnosis, treatment pathways and follow up to ensure the provision of safe, seamless, appropriate services, thus maximising the health and quality of life of the patient and carers and improving the quality and efficiency of health care delivery

This is a relatively new role supported by Cancer Alliance monies with funding available for 15 months in total.