Cancer Pathway Navigator- Liver Surveillance

Job summary

This vacancy is currently only open to Herefordshire and Worcestershire NHS staff (including PCN/GP Practices).

The key element of the role is to act as the patients navigator and ensure that the management of patients progress through their pathway is efficient and effective. This role has a specific focus on Liver Surveillance to support Worcester Acute Trust to be compliant with the National Liver Surveillance Programme and call & recall monitoring.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role are to maintain and further develop a patient tracking process for all patients currently under a liver surveillance-HCC programme, as well as actively taking part in the regional patient navigator forums meetings and monthly reporting requirements. In addition, as part of the Upper GI team you will be required to provide administration support to the current Liver Specialist Nurse.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

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Details

• Date posted: 08 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 4
• Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 8 months
• Working pattern: Flexible working
• Reference number: C9365-26-0351-S2
• Job locations: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

JOB DESCRIPTION

Post Title: Cancer Pathway Navigator- Focus on liver surveillance

Pay Band: 4

Hours: Full Time 37.5 hours per week

Contract: 8 Months Fixed Term

Location / Department: Countywide, Cancer Services

Accountable to: Cancer Services Improvement Manager & FDS Lead

Reports to: Trust Cancer Services Manager

Key Working Relationships:

Internal:

Lead Clinician for the MDT

Cancer management team

Core and Extended members of MDT, Radiologists, Histopathologists, Oncologists

Histopathology and Cytology staff

CNSs & other nursing staff

Medical secretaries

Palliative care teams

IM&T staff

Directorate Managers, Directorate Support Managers and Directorate Support Officers

Booking clerks for outpatients, inpatients and diagnostics

External:

Cancer Network specialist MDTs

Other hospital notes, data, histopathology and images

Secretaries at the cancer centres

West Midlands Strategic Clinical Network

Expert Advisory Groups

Clinical Commissioning Groups

Job Purpose:

The key elements of the role are: to act as the patients navigator and ensure the management of patients is efficient and effective, taking into account the individual needs of the patients and the requirements of the service, contribute to the achievement of the National Cancer Waiting Time Targets, National Audits and Cancer Registry, facilitate the patient pathway by co-ordinating and proactively tracking the timeliness of patient treatments within the National guidelines, this includes monitoring patients referred to other Trusts in the Network and influencing their pathway, via the local MDT. The post holder will be responsible for capturing information about patients; ensuring up-to-date relevant information is recorded on the Trusts databases and must also facilitate collection of data for all cancers and enter this onto the Somerset Cancer Registry. Knowledge and understanding of patient pathways, including the diagnostic and staging investigations and treatment options available, is essential. Excellent organisational communication skills together with high levels of accuracy are also a key requirement for this post.

Key Duties:

To have full understanding of Trust and National targets relating to cancer and other waiting times and to navigate patients through their diagnostic and treatment pathways within these principles.

Working on your own initiative with minimum direct supervision for the tracking of all patients diagnosed with cancer or suspected of having cancer, in order to ensure a timely diagnostic and treatment process and accurate entry of clinical data.

Develop an understanding of the milestones within the Liver Cancer surveillance pathway and relevant national guidance e.g., NICE

Update on all enquiries regarding patients liver disease stage care and treatment on the cancer surveillance pathway, or diagnostics within the pilot e.g., Fibro scan from the patients GP in a timely manner.

Develop and maintain a Patient tracking list for standard of care (non-pilot) patients already engaged with HCC surveillance.

To have knowledge and understanding of all of the cancer pathways and have an active role in redesigning pathways and service improvement, particularly in the analysis of existing pathways

Ensure accurate data is rapidly captured and recorded to meet the standards of the management of patients to fulfil the cancer information requirements

To proactively monitor patients progress along their pathway, highlighting problems to the cancer and directorate management team and escalating where necessary according to local protocols.

To liaise with MDT co-ordinators, clinicians, clinical nurse specialists, other medical staff, medical secretaries/PAs, booking clerks and administrative staff to ensure all patients on a pathway are identified and tracked. This will involve negotiating with and instructing relevant personnel, departments of clinic bookings/diagnostic tests/admissions that need to be arranged or bought forward to ensure prompt treatment.

To identify patients who are likely to breach their targets and escalate appropriately according to local guidance to enable action to be taken to prevent breaches.

To understand service provision for cancer patients within the Network, the steps along the patient pathway and the associated flows of information. This will include referral processes, diagnostic and treatment options and involves using the Trusts computer systems -Ez notes, ICE, WINPATH, CRIS, PACs, PAS, Bluespier, MOSAIQ.

Liaise with Tertiary Centres to ensure all diagnostic plans are delivered in a timely way to avoid delays and support compliance against the Cancer Waiting Time targets.

All patients referred to a tertiary centre must continue to be tracked and updated on SCR.

To facilitate with the collection of Cancer Waiting Times, Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset and audit data and enter onto the Somerset Cancer Registry.

To ensure patient tracking comments are updated promptly, after each event, with precise and accurate comments.

Triage incoming calls and initiate appropriate response in accordance to assessment tools, protocols and individual pathways, liaising with the CNS as appropriate.

Provide basic telephone advice and refer on or signpost to other sources of support.

General Duties:

Maintain up-to-date procedures detailing guidance on tracking to aid with covering the role.

Assist in the training of new Cancer Pathway Navigators.

Attend and participate in team meetings.

Participate in the roll out of the cancer strategy and will be expected to contribute to the implementation of new cancer policies and protocols and running of information cancer systems.

Communicate fully with the wider cancer team including both clinical and non-clinical members, at all levels internal and external to the Trust to ensure the best possible outcome for cancer patients.

Participate in the Trusts Performance and Development Review and to undertake any identified training and development related to the post.

Undertake statutory and mandatory training as deemed appropriate by the Trust.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues.

Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures. Ensuring confidentiality at all times.

Undertake such other tasks as requested by the Cancer Services Project Manager in accordance with the grade and nature of the post.

Maintain a smart and professional appearance at all times.

Maintain a professional manner including practising respectful office etiquette at all times.

The post will be regularly reviewed and additional duties may be assigned as necessary in direct response to the changing Cancer agenda.