Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) Scheduler - Part Time 30 hrs p/w

Job overview

Band 3 Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) Scheduler

This is a part-time post for 30 hours (4 days per week).

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the role of a Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) scheduler to join the SACT outpatients team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

We are looking for 2 part-time (4 days/week, 30 hours) individuals to join our newly established SACT pathway coordination service, in order to help streamline care and improve the experience of patients undergoing cancer treatment.

You should be prepared to work across our 3 outpatient SACT units:

1/ King Edward Ward, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading.

2/ Bracknell Chemotherapy 1, Bracknell Healthspace.

3/ The Rosemary Centre, West Berkshire Community Hospital, Thatcham.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for coordinating and scheduling Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) appointments for patients on the SACT Units provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Working closely with clinical staff, pharmacy, and administrative colleagues, the SACT Scheduler ensures timely and accurate scheduling of treatment to optimise patient care, improve patient flow, and support safe and effective delivery of SACT services. This includes ensuring capacity is used efficiently and according to clinical priority and patient need.

Principle responsibilities:

• Scheduling and coordination.
• Patient and staff communication.
• General administrative duties.
• Communications/Customer service.
• Service improvement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.