Cancer Patient Pathway Coordinator Imaging

Patient Navigating: Prospective and proactive management of the inter-trust cancer pathway, monitoring, reporting and tracking cancer patients, ensuring that the patient's journey is processed in a timely and efficient manner.

Be the single point of contact for all cancer MDT pathways within Imaging.

Resolving delays in the pathway at the earliest opportunity and where this is not possible escalating issues to the Imaging Operational Manager.

Data collection and analysis:

Ensuring data collection is undertaken in a prospective manner, assuring accuracy at all times.

Proficiency in the use of Radiology systems.

Analysing target breaches and report to Imaging Operational Manager.

Please ensure you speak to your Line Manager before applying for this secondment opportunity and visit the Trust's Secondment Policy.

Main duties of the job

1. To navigate patients through their care pathway, from point of referral to imaging. Using hospital IT systems.

2. To proactively book appointments in accordance with the National Targets.

3. To escalate diagnostic appointments for target patients, (if booked outside the appropriate timescale).

4. To proactively identify and resolve delays at all stages in the patient pathway. Where this is not possible, to follow the escalation procedure to line Management.

5. To ensure that patients who require image transfer to a tertiary centre are transferred in accordance with agreed timescales.

6. To highlight any bottlenecks within the process, communicating regularly with line management, and where possible suggesting and implementing solutions.

7. To liaise, if necessary with other Trusts in order to achieve continuous monitoring of the patients pathway.

8. Be the single point of contact for Imaging and wider trust to ensure 2ww target is implemented for all imaging referrals.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Details

Date posted

12 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year

Per anum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

418-DTO5437-KA

Job locations

Luton and Dunstable Hospital

Lewsey Road

Luton

LU4 0DZ

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

1. To navigate patients through their care pathway, from point of referral to imaging. Using hospital IT systems.

2. To proactively book appointments in accordance with the National Targets.

3. To escalate diagnostic appointments for target patients, (if booked outside the appropriate timescale).

4. To proactively identify and resolve delays at all stages in the patient pathway. Where this is not possible, to follow the escalation procedure to line Management.

5. To ensure that patients who require image transfer to a tertiary centre are transferred in accordance with agreed timescales.

6. To highlight any bottlenecks within the process, communicating regularly with line management, and where possible suggesting and implementing solutions.

7. To liaise, if necessary with other Trusts in order to achieve continuous monitoring of the patients pathway.

8. Be the single point of contact for Imaging and wider trust to ensure 2ww target is implemented for all imaging referrals.

Job responsibilities

1. To navigate patients through their care pathway, from point of referral to imaging. Using hospital IT systems.

2. To proactively book appointments in accordance with the National Targets.

3. To escalate diagnostic appointments for target patients, (if booked outside the appropriate timescale).

4. To proactively identify and resolve delays at all stages in the patient pathway. Where this is not possible, to follow the escalation procedure to line Management.

5. To ensure that patients who require image transfer to a tertiary centre are transferred in accordance with agreed timescales.

6. To highlight any bottlenecks within the process, communicating regularly with line management, and where possible suggesting and implementing solutions.

7. To liaise, if necessary with other Trusts in order to achieve continuous monitoring of the patients pathway.

8. Be the single point of contact for Imaging and wider trust to ensure 2ww target is implemented for all imaging referrals.

Person Specification

Good standard of general education

Essential

• GCSE Math & English (or equivalent)

Desirable

• General administration

Minimum 3Yrs NHS experience

Essential

• Experience of data collection and analysis

Desirable

• Good computer skills

communication skills

Essential

• communication skills (written and oral)

Desirable

• Analytical skills

Personal Skills

Essential

• Team focussed

Desirable

• Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable

Person Specification

Good standard of general education

Essential

• GCSE Math & English (or equivalent)

Desirable

• General administration

Minimum 3Yrs NHS experience

Essential

• Experience of data collection and analysis

Desirable

• Good computer skills

communication skills

Essential

• communication skills (written and oral)

Desirable

• Analytical skills

Personal Skills

Essential

• Team focussed

Desirable

• Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Luton and Dunstable Hospital

Lewsey Road

Luton

LU4 0DZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/working-here/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Luton and Dunstable Hospital

Lewsey Road

Luton

LU4 0DZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/working-here/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

1. To navigate patients through their care pathway, from point of referral to imaging. Using hospital IT systems.

2. To proactively book appointments in accordance with the National Targets.

3. To escalate diagnostic appointments for target patients, (if booked outside the appropriate timescale).

4. To proactively identify and resolve delays at all stages in the patient pathway. Where this is not possible, to follow the escalation procedure to line Management.

5. To ensure that patients who require image transfer to a tertiary centre are transferred in accordance with agreed timescales.

6. To highlight any bottlenecks within the process, communicating regularly with line management, and where possible suggesting and implementing solutions.

7. To liaise, if necessary with other Trusts in order to achieve continuous monitoring of the patients pathway.

8. Be the single point of contact for Imaging and wider trust to ensure 2ww target is implemented for all imaging referrals.

Good standard of general education

Essential

• GCSE Math & English (or equivalent)

Desirable

• General administration

Minimum 3Yrs NHS experience

Essential

• Experience of data collection and analysis

Desirable

• Good computer skills

communication skills

Essential

• communication skills (written and oral)

Desirable

• Analytical skills

Personal Skills

Essential

• Team focussed

Desirable

• Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable