# Cancer Patient Navigator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cancer-patient-navigator/9d65b985-6aca-45f6-b04e-9a19f5d18941 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cancer-patient-navigator/9d65b985-6aca-45f6-b04e-9a19f5d18941.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Westcliff On Sea - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (from start date) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T15:15:41.451Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/WestcliffonSea/Mid_South_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Cancer/Cancer-v8056800 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8056800?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our team as a Cancer Patient Navigator. You will support the Cancer Tumor Site Teams to facilitate the smooth running of the patient journey, by ensuring that the cancer pathways are coordinated, streamlined and all processes revolve around the patient and their individual needs. The role will have a primary base at Southend hospital site and will provide cross-cover within the tumor site teams to ensure a consistent and effective support for all cancer sub specialties is maintained at all times. This role may include hybrid working. The role of the cancer patient navigator is to provide specialist knowledge for the pathway of cancer patients across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The role will facilitate the smooth running of the patient journey by ensuring that the pathway is coordinated, streamlined and all processes revolve around the patient and their individual needs. Please note we  are unable to offer VISA sponsorship for this role. Previous applicants need not apply. ### Main duties of the job If successful you will work directly and indirectly with patients and their carers, and be responsible for capturing information about patients, ensuring up-to-date relevant information is recorded on the patient record and Trust systems. You will have a good knowledge and understanding of patient complete pathways. As a key requirement of this role, the post holder will have excellent communication and organisational skills, together with a high attention to detail and levels of accuracy. The role will support and work within the clinical nurse teams to support whilst directly reporting to the cancer business partners in order to transform the current processes. The role will have a primary base at one of the three hospitals and will provide cross-cover within the tumour site teams to ensure a consistent and effective support for all cancer sub specialities is maintained at all times. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description. We look forward to your application. Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applicants. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our team as a Cancer Patient Navigator. You will support the Cancer Tumor Site Teams to facilitate the smooth running of the patient journey, by ensuring that the cancer pathways are coordinated, streamlined and all processes revolve around the patient and their individual needs. The role will have a primary base at Southend hospital site and will provide cross-cover within the tumor site teams to ensure a consistent and effective support for all cancer sub specialties is maintained at all times. This role may include hybrid working. The role of the cancer patient navigator is to provide specialist knowledge for the pathway of cancer patients across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The role will facilitate the smooth running of the patient journey by ensuring that the pathway is coordinated, streamlined and all processes revolve around the patient and their individual needs. Please note we are unable to offer VISA sponsorship for this role. Previous applicants need not apply. ## Job Description If successful you will work directly and indirectly with patients and their carers, and be responsible for capturing information about patients, ensuring up-to-date relevant information is recorded on the patient record and Trust systems. You will have a good knowledge and understanding of patient complete pathways. As a key requirement of this role, the post holder will have excellent communication and organisational skills, together with a high attention to detail and levels of accuracy. The role will support and work within the clinical nurse teams to support whilst directly reporting to the cancer business partners in order to transform the current processes. The role will have a primary base at one of the three hospitals and will provide cross-cover within the tumour site teams to ensure a consistent and effective support for all cancer sub specialities is maintained at all times. ## Responsibilities For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description. We look forward to your application. Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applicants. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Good level of education e.g. A-Level/NVQ Level 3 or relevant experience **Desirable** - Cancer Waiting Time Knowledge ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Knowledge of specialist functional and medical terms demonstrated in supporting information - Previous administrative experience within a healthcare setting - Experience of applying hospital administration systems - Knowledge and understanding of key access targets i.e. 31 day and 62 day cancer **Desirable** - Previous experience working with data input - Supporting information demonstrates understanding purpose of PTL's ## Documents - [privacy policy (pdf, 441.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2077) - [afc pay poster 26/27 (pdf, 44.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2504) - [behaviours framework (jpg, 298.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880) - [trust 10 year strategy (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2947) - [applicant ms teams checklist (pdf, 560.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2943) - [general statements afc - v5.2 (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2979) - [cancer patient navigator - ecc - so - b4 (pdf, 488.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10346717) ## 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.