Chemotherapy Scheduler

NHS; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to join the Pembroke Admin Team in the position of Chemotherapy Scheduler. The aim of this post is to provide an efficient and comprehensive booking and scheduling service for patients receiving anti-cancer treatment on the Pembroke unit and the Mobile Cancer Care Unit which includes chemotherapy regimes. The postholder will work closely with the multidisciplinary team and supporting departments and will be supervised within well defined parameters of responsibility.

Main duties of the job

• To provide timely and accurate scheduling of anti-cancer treatment using a bespoke system
• To respond efficiently to email and telephone queries from patients, multidisciplinary teams and other health care professionals
• To work independently and under pressure with tight deadlines, prioritising own workload quickly and accurately
• To work as part of the team, with both the direct Pembroke, Oncology and Haematology admin teams and within the wider clinical and multidisciplinary team

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE English Language Grade C or above

Experience

• Effective communication skills in person and on the telephone, managing barriers of communication
• Ability to plan, organise and manage own workload
• Ability to deal with sensitive issues with staff, patients and their relatives
• Ability to use and work on own initiative as well as a member of a team
• Ability to work under pressure
• Knowledge of chemotherapy regimes

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.

Admin Team Leader, Oncology & Haematology