Urology Cancer Support Worker (INTERNAL)

The Urology Cancer Support Worker will work closely with cancer speciality clinical teams at Wye Valley NHS Trust. Specifically the post involves supporting clinical teams identifying patients following a cancer diagnosis are offered a Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) and provided support with their Health & Wellbeing, both face to face, via telephone or in group sessions.,

• Identify all patients who have recently received a cancer diagnosis and offer a Holistic Needs Assessment.
• Offer holistic support to patients and family and friends.
• Contribute in the delivery of the HOPE course (Help to Overcome Problems Effectively), designed to support to help patients who have had/ or have cancer to get on with their lives.
• Signpost and refer patients to suitable services both internal and external to help address patient's holistic concerns.
  
  Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye. We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends. More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire. We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential. Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential." Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.