Liver Health Checks and HCC Surveillance Pathway Navigator
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Job overview
Are you passionate about data management and can relate to patients on a daily basis? Then you could be what we are looking for. This is an exciting and responsible role working within the liver surveillance programme.
The post holder will coordinate the care and monitor surveillance pathways for patients with cirrhosis enrolled in Hepatocellular Cancer Surveillance at UHB and across the West Midlands ODN network. The post holder will also have a specific focus to provide direct support for patients to maintain engagement in surveillance pathways ensuring they receive surveillance scans on schedule.
Main duties of the job
Key deliverables include work to facilitate a smooth patient journey ensuring that co-ordinated and streamlined administrative processes revolve around patients identified as eligible for cancer surveillance following a screening fibro scan in Liver Health Checks clinics across the network.
The Pathway Navigator will support the patient journey by providing a single point of access, including rapid re-entry into the system for those people identified as having urgent or specialist needs.
The liver navigator, who submits monthly data to the West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA). This registry includes patients with liver cirrhosis, ensuring they are compliant with their recommended surveillance. The liver surveillance navigator communicates directly with patients to remind them of upcoming appointments, scans, and blood tests, while actively encouraging attendance and compliance. Non-attendance (DNAs) or non-compliance issues are escalated to the CNS for further action.
The liver surveillance navigator and CNS also manage the ArdenGem Hepatitis C registry, which ensures national capture of patients, allowing the Trust to receive Blueteq payments for high-cost drugs. This registry has grown significantly as a result of the expanded work outlined above.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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This advert is for Liver Health Checks and HCC Surveillance Pathway Navigator with Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in West Bromwich, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Business case at 6 months for future role sustanability). The application deadline is 19 Jun 2026.
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