Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) Navigator

SACT (Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment) Navigator

Cromwell Hospital, London SW5 0TU
Time Type: Full time
Working pattern: Monday to Friday | 09:00 - 17:00 (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £34,000 - £40,000 per annum, dependent on experience

We make health happen
At Cromwell Hospital, we're committed to delivering exceptional patient care and outstanding experiences. As part of Bupa, you'll join a global healthcare company dedicated to helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives.

We are looking for a compassionate and highly organised SACT Navigator to join our Oncology team. This is a pivotal role supporting patients throughout their cancer treatment journey, ensuring a seamless and coordinated experience while working closely with consultants, nursing teams, pharmacy colleagues and administrative departments.

How you'll help us make health happen
As a SACT Navigator, you will play a key role in coordinating patient pathways and providing exceptional support to patients and their families throughout their treatment.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate oncology patient pathways to ensure smooth and efficient treatment journeys.
• Act as a key point of contact for patients, carers and families, providing guidance and support throughout treatment.
• Liaise with oncology consultants, nursing teams, pharmacy staff and medical secretaries to ensure treatment plans are delivered effectively.
• Ensure investigations, results, consents, prescriptions and medications are in place before treatment appointments.
• Triage telephone enquiries and provide timely advice, support and signposting.
• Support self-pay and insured patients with appointment booking, financial clearance and pre-authorisation processes.
• Prepare cost estimates and quotations for self-pay patients in collaboration with pharmacy and finance teams.
• Manage patient documentation and maintain accurate records on relevant hospital systems.
• Review treatment schedules and ensure appointments are appropriately booked to maximise capacity.
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives, audits and pathway developments.
• Maintain the highest standards of confidentiality, governance and patient-centred care.

Key Skills / Qualifications
Essential

• Clinical background with experience working in a healthcare or clinical environment.
• GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths and English.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a compassionate, patient-focused approach.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced environment.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications and healthcare administration systems.
• Excellent customer service skills and ability to build positive working relationships.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

Desirable

• Previous experience within Oncology services.
• Experience within the independent healthcare sector.
• Understanding of insurance authorisation processes and self-pay patient pathways.
• Knowledge of hospital systems such as Compucare or similar healthcare platforms.
• Healthcare, Business Administration or related qualification.

Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health, from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing.

We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Our benefits include:

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.

Cromwell Hospital London