Colorectal Cancer Support Worker

at  Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The role of colorectal cancer support worker will be to work with the Colorectal clinical nurse specialist to support patients undergoing a colorectal cancer diagnostic pathway, patients with a cancer diagnosis or patients living with and beyond cancer.

• To Support the Colorectal Nursing Team in the delivery of nursing care and services to patients from pre-diagnosis to end of life care in primary & secondary care at any point of their colorectal cancer journey;
• Provide support to the Colorectal Nursing Team, contributing to Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) discussion, patient assessment and reviewing care plans established by Colorectal Nurses and wider MDT;
• Providing support with clinical administration, including collating expediting results and supporting the Cancer Pathway Co-ordinator with the organisation of MDT discussion lists;
• S upporting the Colorectal Nursing Team with activities undertaken to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer;
• Supporting the Support Group and Health and Well Being Events as required;
• Assisting with the day to day running of the service including providing information for patient and carers and where appropriate sign posting to most relevant service.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care, child health, maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides over 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff. A comprehensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools through our Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.
We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
We welcome all applicants and assess all job applications based on knowledge, skills and experience needed for the post.

EDUCATION/LEARNING

• Take responsibility for own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn, including full participation in KSF/appraisal, supervision, action learning and by maintaining a professional/personal portfolio of learning;
• Assist with systems and processes to ensure that learning needs are identified and met and that all learning is planned, implemented, evaluated and shared in order to change and improve services according to changing health care needs.
  This job description is an outline of the role and function. It is not intended to describe all specific tasks

• To Support the Colorectal Nursing Team in the delivery of nursing care and services to patients from pre-diagnosis to end of life care in primary & secondary care at any point of their colorectal cancer journey;
• Provide support to the Colorectal Nursing Team, contributing to Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) discussion, patient assessment and reviewing care plans established by Colorectal Nurses and wider MDT;
• Providing support with clinical administration, including collating expediting results and supporting the Cancer Pathway Co-ordinator with the organisation of MDT discussion lists;
• S upporting the Colorectal Nursing Team with activities undertaken to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer;
• Supporting the Support Group and Health and Well Being Events as required;
• Assisting with the day to day running of the service including providing information for patient and carers and where appropriate sign posting to most relevant service