Rapid Diagnostic Navigator - Band 4

A fantastic opportunity has arisen within General Surgery for a Rapid Diagnostic Navigator to join our busy department. The ideal candidate will need to be able to work in a calm, logical and methodical way whilst being able to multi-task in a busy environment with complex patient pathways. The Rapid Diagnostic Navigator will take responsibility for the implementation, delivery and evaluation of a new service for patients who are referred to the diagnostic Colorectal and Upper GI cancer services at North Bristol Trust with a suspected cancer. They will be part of the wider cancer service working closely with Colorectal and Upper GI cancer clinicians, the Upper GI and Colorectal cancer clinical nurse specialists, cancer support workers, diagnostic teams, Cancer Services, psychology and allied health care professionals. The post holder will organise and liaise with the clinical teams and Cancer Services to manage the planned checkpoints throughout a patients diagnostic pathway and
support the clinical team, in ensuring the speciality is able to deliver timely, safe and effective services. A key responsibility of the role, alongside the CNS team and cancer services coordinator, will be to provide information and support to the patient and their family from diagnosis and throughout the whole cancer pathway.