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Be the guiding force behind a patient's cancer journey. As a Cancer Pathway Navigator at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you will play... Role: Cancer Pathway Navigator, Category: Other
Cancer Pathway Navigator: (Company Name - Subscribers only)
Be the guiding force behind a patient’s cancer journey. As a Cancer Pathway Navigator at Sherwood Forest Hospitals (Company Name - Subscribers only) Foundation Trust, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring patients move smoothly, safely and swiftly from suspicion of cancer through to diagnosis and onward care.
Acting as a single point of contact during the early stages of the pathway, you will coordinate tests, appointments and admissions, proactively identifying and resolving delays to help deliver the 28-day Faster Diagnosis Standard. Working closely with clinicians, MDT coordinators and operational teams, you will ensure every step is aligned, timely and patient-focused.
Compassion and communication are at the heart of this role. You will support patients and families with empathy and clarity, keeping them informed, reducing anxiety and ensuring they feel heard and supported throughout.
Highly organised and proactive, you will manage complex information across multiple IT systems, maintain accurate documentation and escalate concerns where needed. You will also contribute to pathway improvement and service development across the Trust.
This is a rewarding opportunity to combine coordination, problem-solving and person-centred care in a role that truly makes a difference to patient outcomes and experience.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning (Company Name - Subscribers only) Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National (Company Name - Subscribers only) Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ (Company Name - Subscribers only)-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Details
Date posted
18 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
214-SRG-7758935
Job locations
King’s Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Knowledge of Cancer Waiting Times standards
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good organisational and administrative skills with the ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to work well under pressure and remain calm in difficult situations
- Ability to deal with sensitive information in a tactful and diplomatic way
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to retrieve information form a wide range of sources and in different formats
- Ability to solve problems and make decisions under pressure
- Ability to meet deadlines without compromising accuracy
Desirable
- Ability to communicate at all levels
Qualifications/Academic/ Craft/Professional
Essential
- Good General Education with GCSE level English and Mathematics
- Qualified to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent health care experience
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Experience coordinating a patient workload
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a health care setting
- Computer literate and a good understanding of computer packages e.g. word/excel
- Ability to establish and maintain a patient tracking database
Desirable
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams
- Familiar with medical terminology
- Ability to work in a demanding environment
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrate Trust CARE values.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Knowledge of Cancer Waiting Times standards
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good organisational and administrative skills with the ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to work well under pressure and remain calm in difficult situations
- Ability to deal with sensitive information in a tactful and diplomatic way
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to retrieve information form a wide range of sources and in different formats
- Ability to solve problems and make decisions under pressure
- Ability to meet deadlines without compromising accuracy
Desirable
- Ability to communicate at all levels
Qualifications/Academic/ Craft/Professional
Essential
- Good General Education with GCSE level English and Mathematics
- Qualified to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent health care experience
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Experience coordinating a patient workload
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a health care setting
- Computer literate and a good understanding of computer packages e.g. word/excel
- Ability to establish and maintain a patient tracking database
Desirable
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams
- Familiar with medical terminology
- Ability to work in a demanding environment
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrate Trust CARE values.