# Liver Health Checks and HCC Surveillance Pathway Navigator > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/liver-health-checks-and-hcc-surveillance-pathway-navigator/ae298c07-7e4d-46e1-a17d-44058431b396 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/liver-health-checks-and-hcc-surveillance-pathway-navigator/ae298c07-7e4d-46e1-a17d-44058431b396.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** West Bromwich - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Business case at 6 months for future role sustanability) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T07:52:23.616Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/West_Bromwich/Sandwell_West_Birmingham_NHS_Trust/Liver_Surveillance/Liver_Surveillance-v7710256 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7710256?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swbh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 For further information please refer to the attached job description and person specification. ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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. ## Responsibilities For further information please refer to the attached job description and person specification. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of working in an NHS/Healthcare clinical setting - Evidence of good communication skills with both patients and clinicians - Knowledge of cancer provision within the NHS, including an understanding of cancer waiting times standards. - Experience of multi-professional working - Experience of inputting and interpreting data - Knowledge of medical terminology - Experience of working with patients and carers - Experience of coordinating patient pathways - Knowledge of cancer treatments, interventions and terminology - Awareness of the importance of confidentiality and discretion - Ability to adapt behaviour to changing · circumstances - Reliable · Approachable · Demonstrates empathy · Value diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness **Desirable** - Knowledge of Cancer Waiting times and Cancer Outcomes and Services - Understanding of the Hepatitis C trust / British Liver Trust and their roles across the UK. - Experience of supervision ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE or equivalent to Level 2 Functional Skills Maths & English - Evidence of continuing professional Developmen - NVQ 3 or equivalent **Desirable** - Communication skills training 2 ## Documents - [swb- sustainability (pdf, 49.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2657) - [candidate briefing pack (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2982) - [liver surveillance band 4 (pdf, 186.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9971148) - [liver surveillance band 4 ps (pdf, 116.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9971149) - [swb reward & recognition guide (pdf, 704.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2604) - [flexible working document – healthier futures (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2437) ## 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.