# Cancer Pathway Analyst

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Northern General Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Analyst
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa/ pro rata for part time staff
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-07T00:03:15.705Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Corporate_Cancer_Services/Corporate_Cancer_Services-v8230651
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8230651?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the central Corporate Cancer Services team.

The main duties are to provide detailed Cancer Waiting Times (CWT) pathway analysis, identifying and remedying any data anomalies (validation) in order to ensure Trust compliance with national targets. To investigate CWT breaches and suggest improvements to pathways and to manage the Trust CWT escalation process.

The post-holder will gain significant experience in the central management of cancer waiting times. This is an opportunity to build on existing cancer waiting times knowledge and expand your technical and analytical skills.

You will join a small corporate team that has contact with a wide range of cancer services within the trust as well as building relationships with referring organisations within the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Cancer Alliance.

### Main duties of the job

Provide detailed Cancer Waiting Times (CWT) pathways analysis, identifying and remedying any data anomalies (validation) in order to ensure Trust compliance with national targets.

Identify ways to improve CWT data collection processes.

Identify, design and implement processes which eliminate duplication of data collection.

To provide training, advice and support to staff in relation to CWT guidance and policies.

Produce regular and ad hoc reports of CWT performance.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Working in a clinical multidisciplinary environment
- Data management and analysis
- Presenting analysis in short reports
- Relevant experience of Cancer Waiting Times processes in the NHS
- Utilisation of the InfoFlex information system
- Utilisation of Outlook and NHS.net
- Use of Patient Centre or similar

**Desirable**

- Application of relevant Trust policies and ability to ensure compliance
- Information mapping
- Web site development

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Degree (or equivalent level of experience)

**Desirable**

- Proof of continuous self-development
- IT skills e.g. ECDL

### Further Training

**Desirable**

- Peer review processes
- Data collection for COSD

### Special Skills/Aptitudes

**Essential**

- Proven administrative and organisational skills
- Ability to facilitate Admin and clerical staff in the production of accurate and timely CWT data/records
- Excellent verbal and written communication, and interpersonal skills
- Good analytical skills
- Clear understanding of patients’ rights and confidentiality
- High level of computer literacy skills including Microsoft Office packages, particular Word and Excel
- Resilience in meeting objectives and deadlines, in a rapidly changing environment
- Ability to communicate effectively to build and maintain relationships with key contacts across multi disciplines both within and external to the Trust
- Clinical understanding/aptitude
- Ability to recognise and report appropriate intelligence in relation to management of cancer waiting times

**Desirable**

- Exercise initiative and demonstrate innovative approaches
- Change management skills

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2420)
- [job description (pdf, 176.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10548466)
- [person specification (pdf, 120.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10540447)
- [information for candidates (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2162)
- [applicants - how we use your information (pdf, 87.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2165)
- [getting to work at sheffield teaching hospitals (pdf, 212.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2163)
- [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 124.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2211)
- [a guide to using artificial intelligence and with your personal statement (pdf, 163.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2894)
- [candidate application best practice guide - please read before completing your application (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2161)

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