# Cancer Pathway Tracker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cancer-pathway-tracker/2595cb88-e596-43e7-b19c-cb0edecf0500 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cancer-pathway-tracker/2595cb88-e596-43e7-b19c-cb0edecf0500.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Warwick - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-22T14:56:57.350Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Warwick/South_Warwickshire_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Cancer_Services/Cancer_Services-v8073902 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8073902?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for Cancer Pathway Trackers to assist with the coordination and management of patients undergoing cancer diagnosis and treatment within South Warwickshire Foundation Trust. The post holders will be key members of the cancer services team, proactively monitoring new/suspected/confirmed patients against the key performance indicator waiting times.  To ensure that suspected/confirmed cancer patient journeys are tracked against target and raise alerts re potential breaches to appropriate staff to assist in prevention of such breaches. The position offers an agile working arrangement, combining both office-based and remote work. While some days may be spent working from home, the number of remote working days will depend on the needs of the service. The successful candidate will be expected to work from the office as required. The ideal candidate will have prior experience working within the NHS, along with administrative experience and a solid understanding of cancer plans, standards, and targets. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will be a key member of the cancer services team, proactively monitoring new/suspected/confirmed patients against the key performance indicator waiting times.  To ensure that suspected/confirmed cancer patient journeys are tracked against target and raise alerts re potential breaches to appropriate staff to assist in prevention of such breaches. The post holder will also play a key role in contributing to the data collection required for the National Cancer Audits. By ensuring the accurate and timely collection of audit data, the post holder will contribute to the trust’s ability to meet national benchmarks and improve patient outcomes. This position is vital to maintaining the high-quality information that underpins the cancer pathway, ensuring that patients receive timely and effective care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Main Duties & Responsibilities - To monitor patient journey against 28/31 and 62 day cancer waiting time targets ensuring that each patient pathway is monitored against agreed pathways and in accordance with the Trusts Escalation Policy - Maintain robust data collection systems ensuring that clinical and non- clinical information, covering all aspects of the patient’s cancer journey is collected in a timely fashion and entered onto the cancer database and site specific tracking tools as applicable.  This will, as a minimum, meet the requirements for the Minimum Data Set (MDS) and monitoring of cancer waiting times - Co-ordinate and record patient treatment appointments, communicating them to relevant staff and patients - Monitoring and amending data input to ensure accuracy and produce regular reports on the performance of the department in meeting waiting times - To liaise with diagnostic departments and clinical specialty staff across the Trust regarding patient appointment and care plans to ensure compliance with all agreed timescales to ensure cancer waiting time targets are met and that all appointments are in accordance with the Trust Escalation Policy - To work closely with MDT Co-ordinators to clarify queries and ensure that parts of the patients journey are clearly identified, recorded and monitored - To highlight potential breaches to targets as appropriate and identify appointments to be brought forward - Ensure that all information is correctly recorded on Somerset for all patients referred from another Hospital, to enable the Trust to monitor against all existing targets and patient pathways - Liaise closely with referring Hospitals to ensure that all relevant information is available to enable discussion at MDT (radiology images etc) - To ensure that all data is accurately recorded on Somerset to ensure that patients are fully discussed at MDT, to include investigation reports  and pathology reports - To record any amendments to the patient journey on SCR database - To participate in the weekly cancer PTL performance meetings and follow up any agreed actions - To provide cover for Cancer services colleagues and to include the co-ordination of site-specific MDT meetings during periods of annual leave and sickness absence Communications and Working Relationships: - Maintain close communication with the Cancer Patient Pathway Facilitators & MDT Co-ordinators; updating them on a regular basis on work progress and alerting them of any problems that may result in a delay in the patient’s treatment. - Liaise with all relevant departments; administrative, clerical, medical and nursing to ensure outpatient and inpatient appointments are booked in a timely manner. Support the Cancer Patient Pathway Facilitators to send and receive tertiary referrals and investigation / treatments results for patients from other Provider organisations in line with the local agreements and national targets. - Ensure effective communication with nursing staff, medical teams and other co-ordinators to ensure the organisation and coordination of timely management of all patients on a cancer pathway. - Communicate with medical, clerical and management potentially sensitive and contentious information in the progression of the patients’ pathway. - Feedback any comments or suggestions received from service users to all members of the multi-disciplinary team and help facilitate any changes made to improve the patient pathway. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to motivate self - Able to work unsupervised - Able to work to deadlines & prioritise - Have the confidence to liaise with all levels of staff across the Trust ### Experience **Essential** - Possess high level of accuracy and attention to detail - Excellent IT skills to update and maintain information systems - Excellent organisational skills to manage own workload - Awareness of Data Protection act and patient confidentiality **Desirable** - Experience of patient pathway coordination - Previous NHS experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Good standard of general education (4 GCSEs or equivalent), including Maths and English language - Knowledge of patient administration and other related systems, acquired through training experience to NVQ3 or equivalent level - Knowledge of Microsoft Software **Desirable** - Knowledge of Hospital Systems ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Good interpersonal skills - Well presented and approachable - Committed team player - Understand the limits of own responsibility, referring to senior colleagues appropriately - Patient centred approach ### Other Job Requirements **Essential** - Prepared to be flexible with working hours - Willingness to undertake cross site working at Stratford and Warwick Hospital **Desirable** - Car driver with full driving license ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10365382) - [person specification (pdf, 48.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10365381) - [occupational health functional requirements form (pdf, 207.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1897) ## 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.