Chemotherapy Co-ordinator Scheduler

Are you looking for a career where you can really make a difference and at the same time learn valuable new skills? Our administrative staff provide essential support to the clinical teams striving to ensure the patients' experience is what we would expect for our own family and friends. Because we understand and value the contribution of administrative staff in our teams we invest in training and development to make sure our staff are equipped with the right skills and knowledge. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our administrative team within the Day Treatment Unit as Chemo Co-ordinator Scheduler. For the successful candidate this will be an exciting opportunity to develop this new role and lead our dedicated team of chemo co-ordinators who provide a key role in ensuring the correct chemotherapy drugs are available in time for the patient to receive the treatment. You will need to possess good communication and interpersonal skills as an important element to this role is the liaison between pharmacists, clinicians and the drug suppliers. This busy role will require you to be highly organised, have attention to detail and possess the ability to work individually as well as part of a larger team. If you would like to make a positive contribution to a patient's care experience, then we would like to hear from you., Overall objectives:

• To be a member of the Day Treatment unit (DTU) and provide a comprehensive administrative support to the DTU nurses and service based at the Churchill Hospital and is efficiently managing the processes underpinning: management of our databases (EPR, ARIA) chemotherapy delivery across day services
• Providing a key role in scheduling and coordinating oral chemotherapy
• Be able to have sensitive and compassionate manner with patients and relatives who are in relative states of emotional distress in view of delicate nature of the disease.
• To participate in cover arrangements of any member of the team, for training, annual leave or sick leave, as required and potentially on another site.
• To have a clear understanding of our policies and procedures and to participate in the implementation of unit polices and service development.
• Ensure all trust systems are up to date with patients' details as required while complying with the Data Protection Act.
• Maintain key links and good working relationships with all staff across oncology and haematology.
• Attend mandatory training course as identified through supervision and individual performance review.
• Support and participate in training all new members of staff, To be a member of the Day Treatment Unit (DTU) team and provide comprehensive administrative support to the DTU Nurses and Service based at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford.
Be responsible for scheduling and coordination of new oral chemotherapy patient referrals for systemic anti-cancer treatment (formerly known as chemotherapy), in accordance with the needs of the service and with direction from the DTU Nurse Managers. Learn all the other processes underpinning the delivery of chemotherapy, referral of patients for a named group of procedures to other teams,
• eg district nurses) so as to enable participation in cover arrangements of any team member, at times of training, annual leave, sick or leave vacancy.
To have a sensitive and compassionate manner with patients and relatives who are in various states of emotional distress in view of the delicate nature of the disease., The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions., To be a member of the Day Treatment Unit (DTU) team and provide comprehensive administrative support to the DTU Nurses and Service based at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford. Be responsible for scheduling and coordination of new oral chemotherapy patient referrals for systemic anti-cancer treatment (formerly known as chemotherapy), in accordance with the needs of the service and with direction from the DTU Nurse Managers. Learn all the other processes underpinning the delivery of chemotherapy, referral of patients for a named group of procedures to other teams,
• eg district nurses) so as to enable participation in cover arrangements of any team member, at times of training, annual leave, sick or leave vacancy.
To have a sensitive and compassionate manner with patients and relatives who are in various states of emotional distress in view of the delicate nature of the disease.

In return we expect you to be motivated and hard working with a positive approach to providing excellent customer service with a desire to make a patient's care experience the best it can possibly be.,
• Good general level of education (e.g. 5 GCSEs/BTEC grade C or above or equivalent) including Maths & English
• Knowledge of a range of trust policies and procedures
Desirable criteria
• EPR/ARIA Trained, Essential criteria
• Proficient in use of MS Office
Desirable criteria
• Previous experience within the NHS/public sector
• Knowledge of patient pathways within the NHS, Ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise own workload, Evidence of team working
• Experience of working with the public
• Supervisory experience
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence., Sexual Safety Charter: In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.


• Generous annual leave entitlement - 27 days (plus Bank Holidays) on joining the Trust which increases with length in service
• Flexible working (standard hours of work between 8.00 - 6.00 Mon - Fri no weekend or bank holiday working required)
• Working from Home options (on a rota basis, once fully trained)
• Modern working environment
• NHS discounts across varied businesses
• Continued professional development opportunities