# SEHSCT Cancer Tracker Band 4 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/sehsct-cancer-tracker-band-4/2d90e02c-53d6-4b22-a572-7db25669c8cb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/sehsct-cancer-tracker-band-4/2d90e02c-53d6-4b22-a572-7db25669c8cb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust - **Town:** Dundonald - **Region:** South - **Country:** Northern Ireland - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £27,485 - £30,162 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-07-17T17:30:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-03T12:30:26.123Z - **Source information URL:** https://jobs.hscni.net/Job/47989/sehsct-cancer-tracker-band-4 - **Application URL:** https://jobs-app.hscni.net/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG9zdF9pbnN0X2d1aWQ9MDA1MDU2OTNGMzJDMUZFMTlEREE2ODZBN0M5QzY3QTgmY2FuZF90eXBlPWU%3d - **Employer website:** https://setrust.hscni.net ## Job Content ### Job details - Branch: Belfast Area (SEHSCT) - Location: UH, Home 3 - Salary: Band 4 (£27,485 - £30,162) - Contract Type: Permanent - Opening Date: 03/07/26 - Closes: Fri, 17 July 2026 @ 5:30 PM - Interview Dates: TBC ### Notes If you are submitting a manual application, please post it to: Recruitment Shared Services, Rosewood Villa, Longstone Hospital Site, 73 Loughgall Road, Armagh, BT61 7PR. Applications received after the advertised closing date/time cannot be considered, so please allow enough time for postage. “A waiting list may be created for similar posts that may arise while the waiting list is live, this may include temporary or part-time posts. This will be managed in line with the updated HSC waiting list principles effective from 1 April 2026”. Where a part-time waiting list is required, one part-time waiting list will be created- regardless of any specific hours advertised, this waiting list will cover all future vacancies where part-time posts arise. A part-time post is defined as any post that has less than 37.5 hours per week.” Please remember to save or print a copy of the job description before submitting your application, as it will not be accessible afterwards. Flexible Working We welcome flexible working requests from day one. All HSC organisations offer a range of flexible working options. The options available for this post will depend on the requirements of the role. Find out more about flexible working options on our website. ### JOB DESCRIPTION JOB TITLE Cancer Tracker ### BAND 4 DIRECTORATE Medicine, Unscheduled Care & Cancer INITIAL LOCATION Home 3, Ulster Hospital REPORTS TO Tracking Team Leader ACCOUNTABLE TO Operational Manager for Cancer Services ### JOB SUMMARY Proactively tracks the progress of suspected cancer patients along their pathway from point of referral to diagnosis and first treatment; this will include the co-ordination of reports, X-Rays/investigation results and clinic appointments to expedite the patients diagnosis and treatment. Responsible for the co-ordination and organisation of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meetings and will attend meetings, obtaining and recording relevant information to facilitate the timely provision of care for patients. ### KEY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES Proactively track all patients with cancer or suspected cancer and take appropriate action to ensure a timely diagnosis and treatment for cancer patients, as required to achieve cancer access targets. Liaise closely with all departments involved in providing timely care for patients. He/she will be required to work closely and proactively with the clinical teams and work collaboratively to ensure that planned patient treatment progresses smoothly and in a timely manner Collect, record and report cancer information as required in order to meet national, regional and local reporting requirements To have knowledge of the wide range of procedures involved in booking appointments, enabling patients to be effectively recorded onto PAS. To support the flow of information to and from Primary Care and responding to queries regarding appointment details. Responsible for ensuring all patients with cancer or suspected cancer have pre booked appointments and treatment in line with the cancer access patient pathways. To negotiate with clinical staff, waiting list staff and admin staff when clinic slots are insufficient in order to facilitate an appointment for patients at the earliest opportunity. To escalate this to the relevant Senior Officer/Manager if there is insufficient capacity to meet the agreed patient pathway standards. To contact other sites across the Regional Network and to liaise with other patient tracker/MDT co-ordinators in order to identify available capacity. Making decisions, which require analysis as to the most appropriate appointment for a cancer patient whilst considering other patient needs and workload. Provide information to the clinical teams and cancer services team in relation to the timely treatment of cancer patients. To collect, maintain and input information to support databases for weekly performance reports relating to cancer patients including the tracking of patients and discussion at the MDT. To monitor performance against agreed waiting time targets for diagnosis and treatment. Provide accurate and timely data to the cancer management team. Progress patients through their cancer journey, ensuring that all test/scans are ordered and the patient’s notes, results and reports are made readily available to the appropriate clinician in time for the next step of the pathway. Assist in meeting the regional cancer access targets. Provide audit support to the MDT meetings relating to patient tracking Assist in the analysis and preparation of information for reports for monitoring waiting times, monthly/quarterly, for Trust Board and Cancer Management Team. Maintain timely and accurate data collection, maintaining cancer MDT database, taking corrective action when data is incomplete or inaccurate. Responsible for the co-ordination, organisation and management of the weekly MDT meetings Trust wide, ensuring all relevant people are notified, all required information, notes, reports, results and X-Rays are available. Generate a list of relevant patient names for the meetings and distributing this to the MDT members prior to meeting. Responsible for collection and preparation of patient notes. To work with the members of the MDT to ensure that all patients diagnosed with a new primary cancer are discussed at a MDT meeting. Attend weekly MDT meetings, complete detailed proforma or summary for each patient discussed, including ensuring the details are sent to the relevant GP within 24 hours of MDT. Maintain a record of treatment decisions made at multi-disciplinary team meetings and ensure that these decisions are recorded in patient notes. Maintain an accurate record of attendance at MDT meetings ensuring all cancelled meetings are recorded with a cancellation reason. Ensure all documentation is kept in such a manner that any cancer patient tracker is able to take on the work. Ensure all referrals made from MDT are forwarded to relevant professional. Develop key relationships with all relevant Trust disciplines. Provide cover and support other Tracker/MDT co-ordinators at time of annual leave / sick leave. Plan workload to ensure all the patient and clinical needs are met. Whilst ensuring the cancer waiting time and booking targets are met. Develop links and relationships with key personnel in other Trusts to support the transfer of patients along the pathways and across other Trusts. ### GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ### The post holder will be required to Ensure the Trust’s policy on equality of opportunity is promoted through his/her own actions and those of any staff for whom he/she has responsibility. Co-operate fully with the implementation of the Trust's Health and Safety arrangements, reporting any accidents/incidents/equipment defects to his/her manager, and maintaining a clean, uncluttered and safe environment for patients/clients, members of the public and staff. ### Adhere at all times to all Trust policies/codes of conduct, including for example Smoke Free policy IT Security Policy and Code of Conduct standards of attendance, appearance and behaviour Contribute to ensuring the highest standards of environmental cleanliness within your designated area of work. Co-operate fully with regard to Trust policies and procedures relating to infection prevention and control. All employees of the SETRUST are legally responsible for all records held, created or used as part of their business within the \[org name\] including patients/clients, corporate and administrative records whether paper-based or electronic and also including emails. All such records are public records and are accessible to the general public, with limited exceptions, under the Freedom of Information act 2000 the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. Employees are required to be conversant with the \[org name\] policy and procedures on records management and to seek advice if in doubt. Take responsibility for his/her own ongoing learning and development, in order to maximise his/her potential and continue to meet the demands of the post. Represent the Trust’s commitment to providing the highest possible standard of service to patients/clients and members of the public, by treating all those with whom he/she comes into contact in the course of work, in a pleasant, courteous and respectful manner. This Job Description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time. It is a standard condition that all Trust staff may be required to serve at any location within the Trust's area, as needs of the service demand. eHealth The South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust has invested in eHealth to deliver better, faster, safer care to our community and is committed to supporting staff to utilise associated information systems that directly and indirectly inform care. Trust staff are therefore required to commit sufficient time to ensure that they acquire and/or retain the core technology skills required to support their role. Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) Staff members are expected to involve patients, clients, carers and the wider community were relevant, in developing, planning and delivering our services in a meaningful and effective way, as part of the Trust’s ongoing commitment to Personal and Public Involvement (PPI). Please use the link below to access the PPI standards leaflet for further information. PPI_leaflet.pdf (hscni.net) ### PERSONNEL SPECIFICATION JOB TITLE AND BAND Cancer Tracker DEPARTMENT / DIRECTORATE Cancer Services/ Medicine, Unscheduled Care & Cancer SALARY Band 4 HOURS 37.5 per week Ref No: 55709061 ### Notes to applicants You must clearly demonstrate on your application form under each question, how you meet the required criteria as failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. You should clearly demonstrate this for both the essential and desirable criteria. Shortlisting will be carried out on the basis of the essential criteria set out in Section 1 below, using the information provided by you on your application form. Please note the Trust reserves the right to use any desirable criteria outlined in Section 3 at shortlisting. You must clearly demonstrate on your application form how you meet the desirable criteria. Proof of qualifications and/or professional registration will be required if an offer of employment is made – if you are unable to provide this, the offer may be withdrawn. ### ESSENTIAL CRITERIA SECTION 1: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will initially be measured at shortlisting stage although may also be further explored during the interview/selection stage. You should therefore make it clear on your application form whether or not you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. The stage in the process when the criteria will be measured is stated below. Factor Criteria Method of Assessment Experience Experience of using spreadsheets /databases and word processing packages Demonstrate experience of problem solving within a team or area of work Demonstrate recent experience in the collation and inputting of information onto a computerised information system Shortlisting by Application Form Qualifications NVQ 3 or equivalent PLUS 2 year’s relevant experience at Band 3 or above Or 4 years’ experience at Band 3 or above Shortlisting by Application Form SECTION 2: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will be measured during the interview/ selection stage: Skills / Abilities Good analytical and numeracy skills Excellent administration and organisational skills Responsible attitude to confidentiality Flexible with regard to working arrangements with possibility of working cross-sites Interview / Test As part of the Recruitment & Selection process it may be necessary for the Trust to carry out an Enhanced Disclosure Check through Access NI before any appointment to this post can be confirmed. To access a copy of the Access NI Code of Practice, please Click here The South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust has guidance on the Recruitment of People with Criminal Convictions. To access a copy of this guidance, please Click Here Protecting and using your information To access a copy of the Trust’s Data Protection Policy Statement, Click Here ### THE TRUST IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER ### Successful applicants may be required to attend for a Health Assessment can expect to be placed at the minimum point of the pay scale, although a higher starting salary, within the range of the pay band may be available if the person appointed has experience relevant & equivalent to the post. Request for recognition of previous service with non-direct NHS/HSC organisations towards starting salary and incremental credit must be made via the Retained Recruitment team within 3 months from commencement of employment. Requests made after 3 months will not be considered. If the successful candidate is an existing HSC employee moving to a higher band, AfC Pay on Promotion will apply. are able to request Flexible Working from the 1st day of their employment. A number of flexible working provisions are offered by all HSC Organisations including Full-time working, Fixed working patterns, Part-time working, Flexi-time, Compressed/elongated hours, Average hours working patterns, Term-time working, Job-share or Homeworking for some or all of the working pattern, depending on the role being undertaken. Successful applicants are encouraged to discuss with their manager what Flexible Working provisions may be available in the role they are taking up, prior to commencing employment, to help them achieve a positive Work/Life Balance All staff are expected to display the HSC Values at all times ## Job Details Branch: Belfast Area (SEHSCT) Location: UH, Home 3 Salary: Band 4 (£27,485 - £30,162) Contract Type: Permanent Opening Date: 03/07/26 Closes: Fri, 17 July 2026 @ 5:30 PM Interview Dates: TBC Notes: If you are submitting a manual application, please post it to: Recruitment Shared Services, Rosewood Villa, Longstone Hospital Site, 73 Loughgall Road, Armagh, BT61 7PR. Applications received after the advertised closing date/time cannot be considered, so please allow enough time for postage. “A waiting list may be created for similar posts that may arise while the waiting list is live, this may include temporary or part-time posts. This will be managed in line with the updated HSC waiting list principles effective from 1 April 2026”. Where a part-time waiting list is required, one part-time waiting list will be created- regardless of any specific hours advertised, this waiting list will cover all future vacancies where part-time posts arise. A part-time post is defined as any post that has less than 37.5 hours per week.” Please remember to save or print a copy of the job description before submitting your application, as it will not be accessible afterwards. Flexible Working We welcome flexible working requests from day one. All HSC organisations offer a range of flexible working options. The options available for this post will depend on the requirements of the role. Find out more about flexible working options on our website. ## Job Description Proactively tracks the progress of suspected cancer patients along their pathway from point of referral to diagnosis and first treatment; this will include the co-ordination of reports, X-Rays/investigation results and clinic appointments to expedite the patients diagnosis and treatment. Responsible for the co-ordination and organisation of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meetings and will attend meetings, obtaining and recording relevant information to facilitate the timely provision of care for patients. ## 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.