PRIMARY DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

• To assist the PCN and its network Practices in delivering improvements to the services we provide to our patients in relation to participation in national cancer screening programmes. To support our patients accessing screening programmes and addressing any necessary barriers or inequalities to access as able.
• Ensuring robust and supportive referral practices are in place for patients suspected of having cancer; including use of guidelines, professional development, and safety netting of those referred. To offer personalised care and support to patients on their cancer journey as needed. Ensure FIT testing/full results for suspected gastrointestinal cancer referrals are completed.
• In support of collaborative working the post holder will form productive and supportive relationships with PCN staff who have the skills, knowledge, and remit to contribute to this work. e.g., non clinical cancer champions, social prescribers, pharmacists, secretaries etc.
• Take forward proactive monitoring and tracking of patients suspected or confirmed of having a cancer diagnosis ensuring that their journey is processed in a timely and efficient manner, in line with Cancer Waiting Time Targets and provide adequate safety netting.
• To support cancer care reviews, prepare patients if needed and signpost to other services within the practice or PCN as needed to patients e.g Macmillan.
• Provide advice and support to practices on cancer audit/referral review of cancer diagnoses. To work with practices to collate the learning from case reviews to identify any trends or learning. This may include coordinating practice cancer meetings, attendance, minutes and sharing learning/outcomes.
• Provide the practice with support to host peer-to-peer learning events that look at data and trends in diagnosis and screening across a Network.
• Create or update a Library of data packs and other resources, to support the delivery of information to patients in a wide variety of formats to meet the needs of all patient groups, including those with Learning Disabilities, and people for whom English is not a first language.
• Review practice coding for report building and templates to ensure consistency across the PCN and accuracy of data. Identify coding anomalies and liaise with Ardens (template and reports used by all member practices).
• Provide administrative support for project evaluation and feedback. To coordinate projects and project manage programmes that will our patients in relation to participation in national cancer screening or any new SWAG projects or new workstreams.
• Support calls to patients with appropriate information so they are aware of what to expect when referred (e.g. info available on WCA website/Macmillan)
• Follow up on watch and wait scenarios when patients symptoms do not meet the criteria for referral. This could be very beneficial in vulnerable patient groups e.g learning disability/Dementia/mental health.

Project support

• Current projects support practices in uptake/DNA reviews for all screening programmes breast/bowel/cervical/lung - Suggest run searches monthly and initiate process for recall/offering of these programmes in the most appropriate format for patients. This should have a focus on inequalities for access eg language barriers, digital exclusion, easy read formats, disabilities.
• Community engagement events working with our CIL to support the cancer/health promotion elements, liasing with VSOs, health promotion, stop smoking just as examples.

LOGISTICS

• Run Ardens searches twice weekly for new cancer diagnoses and 2ww referrals for all 5 practices (unless a practice prefers in house)
• Offer support or review to new diagnoses method tailored to individual/practice preferences
• Coordinate and compile patient review lists for clinicians to review for 3 month cancer review meetings in all 5 practices, diarise and minute. Disseminate anonymised learning to teams if required.
• Search and review potential missed 2ww referrals in all 5 practices and advice practice team accordingly. Flag DNAs or significant delays. Ensure robust safety netting processes are in place for all practices
• Identify vulnerable/health inequalities in our cancer referrals and those at high risk (LD, SMI, drugs and alcohol) and offer support with various aspects which could include attendance and appropriate information in a format suitable to them. If appropriate to involve colleagues eg social prescribers, transport support to enable attendance.
• As above but for attendance to their cancer care reviews/appointments in practices.
• Coordinate the quarterly cancer care leads clinicians meeting, minute and disseminate learning/outcomes to practices.
• Reports/queries to the cancer leads in practice and PCN Cancer lead; informal supervision also provided via this route.

Qualifications

• Essential: See Attachment
• Desirable: See Attachment

Experience

• Essential: See Attachment
• Desirable: See Attachment