Location
Salary
£27,485 - £30,162 pro rata per annum
Profession
Administrative and IT
Grade
Band 4
Deadline
28 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
14 Jul 2025

Job overview

Acute Oncology Coordinator - 15 hours

The Acute Oncology Coordinator is responsible for the administrative support, coordination and organisation of the Acute Oncology Service under the direction of Acute Oncology Specialist Nurses and Oncologists, collectively known as the Acute Oncology Team.

As the Acute Oncology Coordinator, you will aid the Acute Oncology Service to demonstrate effective patient outcomes and ensure patients are seen without any delays to their individual cancer care pathway.

Main duties of the job

Aid the acute oncology team to demonstrate effective time management and organisation skills to ensure patients are seen without any delays to pathways and to be actively involved in the daily triaging of cancer patients attending the Trust.

Work closely with other departments within the Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care Foundation Trust and The Christie Hospital.

Provide full administrative, clerical and secretarial support for the team and co-ordinate regular team meetings, this will include concise minute taking.

Collect and input into various databases all performance and clinical audit data to support the acute oncology service.

Liaise with Outpatient Departments and The Christie Hospital to arrange follow up appointments for patients seen by the Acute Oncology Team where appropriate. Be the first point of contact for patients and relatives accessing the Acute Oncology Service via telephone. This will include effective sign posting to other services and reacting appropriately to patients in emergency situations and notifying the Acute Oncology Nurses of patients attending the Emergency Department.

Assist the AOT to plan and co-ordinate specialist programs of education and training internally and externally including preparing all the necessary documentation and maintaining a comprehensive training register.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.