Macmillan Cancer Support Worker

Job overview

The postholder will support the ongoing implementation and delivery of Personalised Care for people affected by cancer, specifically carrying out holistic needs assessment (HNA’s) with patients and producing associated care and support plans.

Main duties of the job

• Providing health and well-being information and support in relation to their cancer, signposting to supportive services to enable navigation of health and social care; to empower the patient to manage their cancer.
• Work closely with the Macmillan Information & Support Service to ensure appropriate referrals to the service are made.

• To support the successful implementation of holistic needs assessments (HNA’s) for people affected by cancer across the NCA,  assisting with the process of offering and delivering HNA’s to patients and producing associated, comprehensive care and support plans
• Provide a single point of access, including rapid re entry into the system for those people identified as having urgent or specialist needs

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk