# Cancer Care Co-ordinator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cancer-care-co-ordinator/946dc7e0-527e-48dd-9cb3-b6ca1fdec989 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cancer-care-co-ordinator/946dc7e0-527e-48dd-9cb3-b6ca1fdec989.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Manchester - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 Per annum, pro rata. - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 22.5 hours per week (Part time permanent) - **Closing date:** 2026-05-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T16:11:44.417Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8034542 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8034542?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.christie.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for a Cancer Care Co-ordinator’s to join our sarcoma team. Part time position 22.5 hours– sarcoma The successful candidate will be passionate about making a difference to patients diagnosed with sarcoma. If successful you will be offered an opportunity to work within this oncology speciality across varied clinics and patients. Excellent communication, organisational and prioritisation skills are essential. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will work alongside the Sarcoma Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) /Advanced Practitioner (AP) teams, their responsibilities will include: - Assisting the CNS /AP team with the facilitation and implementation of Holistic Needs assessment within the disease group. - Responsible for triaging phone calls and emails to the CNS /AP service. - Providing support with administrative services including referrals to Macmillan and District Nurses. - Attend relevant clinics with the CNS/AP team and interact with patient and relatives. - Willing to undertake relevant training days within the disease group and cancer pathway. - Willing to attend relevant MDT sessions if needed. - Signposting patients to relevant services. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - Provide administrative support to the CNSs/AP. - Book and outcome telephone clinic appointments. - Maintain the patient Database and ensure all of the information is up to date and accurate. - Order supplies and patient information as requested by the CNSs/AP. Assist the CNSs/AP with the management of the patient pathway ie ensuring that appointments have been requested and booked. - Organise and prioritise the designated workload in order to meet the needs of the service. Assist the CNS/AP with handover of patient care to other teams in order to facilitate safe and effective transition of care. Communicate effectively with a range of patients and health and social disciplines.  This may include a variety of methods, such as electronic or in person. - Provide a single point of access, including rapid re-entry into the system for those people identified as having urgent or specialist needs. - Triage telephone and email enquiries, using a risk assessment framework. - Ensure patients/carers know how to contact the service when their condition / needs have changed, including out of hours. - Provide general information and support about cancer services, using Trust approved literature. Sign-post patients and relatives/carers to appropriate services such as Maggie’s and Macmillan in order for them to speak to professionals who are able to discuss issues knowledgeably and impartially. - Demonstrate the ability to recognise situations that require rapid response from a health care professional (CNS, Advanced Practitioner or doctor) and respond appropriately.  Evaluate outcomes of care delivery with the registered practitioner. - Act as an advocate and facilitator for patients; linking with CNSs/AP to resolve any issues. - Ensure accurate documentation of patient care in accordance with hospital policies and standards. - Assist the CNS’s/AP with the roll out of Holistic Needs Assessment and electronic patient outcomes (eproms) within the disease group. Professional/Clinical Leadership: - To act as a role model to colleagues, and be an effective resource to patients, carers and colleagues. - Support clinical developments and projects to promote excellence in patient care. - Attend and participate CNS Away Days and Strategy Meetings - Recognise personal limitations and work within parameters of job description, or as guided by CNS.  Seek help appropriately. Education and Development. - To participate in annual appraisal and accept personal responsibility for growth and development within the role. - Ensure compliance with Trust essential training. - Attend educational meetings and conferences, appropriate to the role, in order to keep up-dated with current best practice. - Together with other professional colleagues, develop information and resources for patients and their carers. . Research and Audit - Assist CNSs in audit and evaluation of service delivery and help identify areas for improvement and change. ## Job Details We have an exciting opportunity for a Cancer Care Co-ordinator’s to join our sarcoma team. Part time position 22.5 hours– sarcoma The successful candidate will be passionate about making a difference to patients diagnosed with sarcoma. If successful you will be offered an opportunity to work within this oncology speciality across varied clinics and patients. Excellent communication, organisational and prioritisation skills are essential. ## Job Description The post holder will work alongside the Sarcoma Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) /Advanced Practitioner (AP) teams, their responsibilities will include: - Assisting the CNS /AP team with the facilitation and implementation of Holistic Needs assessment within the disease group. - Responsible for triaging phone calls and emails to the CNS /AP service. - Providing support with administrative services including referrals to Macmillan and District Nurses. - Attend relevant clinics with the CNS/AP team and interact with patient and relatives. - Willing to undertake relevant training days within the disease group and cancer pathway. - Willing to attend relevant MDT sessions if needed. - Signposting patients to relevant services. ## Responsibilities DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - Provide administrative support to the CNSs/AP. - Book and outcome telephone clinic appointments. - Maintain the patient Database and ensure all of the information is up to date and accurate. - Order supplies and patient information as requested by the CNSs/AP. Assist the CNSs/AP with the management of the patient pathway ie ensuring that appointments have been requested and booked. - Organise and prioritise the designated workload in order to meet the needs of the service. Assist the CNS/AP with handover of patient care to other teams in order to facilitate safe and effective transition of care. Communicate effectively with a range of patients and health and social disciplines.  This may include a variety of methods, such as electronic or in person. - Provide a single point of access, including rapid re-entry into the system for those people identified as having urgent or specialist needs. - Triage telephone and email enquiries, using a risk assessment framework. - Ensure patients/carers know how to contact the service when their condition / needs have changed, including out of hours. - Provide general information and support about cancer services, using Trust approved literature. Sign-post patients and relatives/carers to appropriate services such as Maggie’s and Macmillan in order for them to speak to professionals who are able to discuss issues knowledgeably and impartially. - Demonstrate the ability to recognise situations that require rapid response from a health care professional (CNS, Advanced Practitioner or doctor) and respond appropriately.  Evaluate outcomes of care delivery with the registered practitioner. - Act as an advocate and facilitator for patients; linking with CNSs/AP to resolve any issues. - Ensure accurate documentation of patient care in accordance with hospital policies and standards. - Assist the CNS’s/AP with the roll out of Holistic Needs Assessment and electronic patient outcomes (eproms) within the disease group. Professional/Clinical Leadership: - To act as a role model to colleagues, and be an effective resource to patients, carers and colleagues. - Support clinical developments and projects to promote excellence in patient care. - Attend and participate CNS Away Days and Strategy Meetings - Recognise personal limitations and work within parameters of job description, or as guided by CNS.  Seek help appropriately. Education and Development. - To participate in annual appraisal and accept personal responsibility for growth and development within the role. - Ensure compliance with Trust essential training. - Attend educational meetings and conferences, appropriate to the role, in order to keep up-dated with current best practice. - Together with other professional colleagues, develop information and resources for patients and their carers.. Research and Audit - Assist CNSs in audit and evaluation of service delivery and help identify areas for improvement and change. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Be able to manage time effectively, and be flexible to meet the needs of the service ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to work effectively in a team - Ability to manage and prioritise personal workload using own initiative and demonstrate effective organisation and time management skills. - Ability to communicate both verbally and non-verbally with people at all levels, showing empathy. - Accurate written communication - Recognition of own limitations **Desirable** - Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills ### Values **Essential** - Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values - Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop - Able to observe strict confidentiality - Recognition of own limitations ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of person-centered care - Understanding of health and social care environment - Basic understanding of sarcoma cancer treatments **Desirable** - Understand difficulties faced by people affected by cancer ### Experience **Essential** - Experience working within the oncology setting - Experience of multi-professional working - Experience of providing administrative support - Experience of working with oncology patients - Experience of face to face/telephone contact with patients **Desirable** - Experience in use of data and database management - Awareness of the Audit process - Experience of working with sarcoma patients ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE English Language and Mathematics or equivalent qualification. - NVQ Level 3/ equivalent knowledge and experience **Desirable** - Communication Skills training. - Evidence of continued role development. ## Documents - [strategy brochure (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1645) - [travel to the christie (pdf, 3.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1960) - [the christie values and behaviours (pdf, 919.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1643) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 333.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10322329) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.