At a Glance
- Tasks: Support cancer patients by managing data collection and ensuring smooth pathways.
- Company: Join the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, a leader in inclusive healthcare.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working hours, and a supportive environment.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team committed to compassionate care and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patients' lives while developing your skills in a vital role.
- Qualifications: Good education, communication skills, and a knack for organisation are essential.
The predicted salary is between 25760 - 27476 £ per year.
A position is available within the cancer services department for a patient pathway support coordinator. The role will be specific in supporting the data collection and data entry for cancer patients through their pathway, liaising with internal and external stakeholders in ensuring data is processed in a timely and effective way. Attention to detail and a keen eye for data quality is essential for this role.
Main duties of the job:
- Ensure the accurate and timely collection of data for designated tumour site areas including meeting the information requirements of the Cancer Waiting Times, COSD, SACT & national audits.
- Respond to queries in relation to data quality & validation, working closely with the Cancer Pathway Coordinator to ensure that any updates are undertaken in a timely fashion.
- Through directed and protocolised guidance, support the timely and accurate tracking of patients on cancer pathways.
- Liaise on a day to day basis with relevant nursing staff, administrative staff, doctors, consultants and medical secretaries, and members of the MDT team.
- Support and assist the requesting of histology, imaging and referral information for discussion at the MDT meeting from both internal & external sources.
- Work collaboratively with Cancer Pathway Coordinators to ensure best practice is followed and services are improved & maintained.
- Provide annual leave and sickness cover for other colleagues ensuring service continuity across cancer services.
- Ensure that there is a co-ordinated approach to service delivery on all Trust sites to promote good working relations.
- Cross hospital site working may be required to ensure service needs are met.
- Support the collection/completion of required minimum datasets in relation to patients being referred to and from other teams/r organisations.
- Work with individual teams, ensure that there is a system to ensure communication is maintained and all material is returned.
About us:
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Details:
- Date posted: 11 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 3
- Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 304-1101304
- Job locations: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom
Person Specification:
- Qualifications
- Essential: Able to demonstrate good general standard of education (E)
- Essential: Literate and Numerate (E)
- Essential: English Language and Maths pass GCSE (E)
- Desirable: NVQ 2 Admin (D)
- Experience
- Essential: Demonstrate a good understanding of confidentiality (E)
- Essential: Working knowledge of Microsoft office (E)
- Desirable: Relevant experience to demonstrate understandings of the key functions of similar administrative role in health care. (D)
- Desirable: Previous NHS experience in a relevant role. (D)
- Desirable: Working knowledge of Oceano (D)
- Desirable: Working Knowledge of Somerset Cancer Register (D)
- Additional Criteria
- Essential: Excellent coordination and planning skills (E)
- Essential: Articulate -- excellent communication skills (E)
- Essential: Friendly and professional telephone manner to support the above. (E)
- Essential: Able to prioritise tasks and work on own initiative (E)
- Essential: Ability to work under pressure (E)
- Essential: Well organised and able to prioritise tasks (E)
- Essential: Attention to detail (E)
- Essential: Reliable (E)
- Essential: Confident (E)
- Essential: Flexibility to cover other staff (E)
- Essential: Flexibility to work across hospital sites (E)
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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