Job summary
- Main area
- Hepatology
- Grade
- Band 4 (Subject to Job Evaluation)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (Cancer Alliance money for one year)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 264-7990934-SUR
- Employer
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kettering General Hospital
- Town
- Kettering
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Liver Surveillance Cancer Tracker
Band 4 (Subject to Job Evaluation)
Job overview
We are seeking a proactive, motivated and compassionate individual to join our Gastroenterology Team as a Liver Network Navigator. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting patients across the liver care pathway, ensuring they receive timely, well‑coordinated and high‑quality care.
The successful candidate will be driven, organised and confident in engaging with a wide range of clinical and administrative staff.
Main duties of the job
Provide effective administrative and patient‑tracking support to ensure accurate recording of patient pathways and efficient clinic processes
Work closely with the Medical Secretary and clinical teams to maintain a smooth, patient‑centred service
Record and update clinic outcomes on the hospital PAS system, ensuring accuracy and timely sharing of information with relevant departments
Deliver general administrative support, including covering Medical Secretary duties when required, to maintain continuity of service
Undertake medical typing in line with agreed standards, producing timely and accurate documentation to support patient care. Maintain high levels of data accuracy when handling patient information, ensuring safe and effective clinical processes
Use CareFlow and other systems to manage patient data, update waiting lists and track correspondence and case notes. Support medical records management, including filing and assisting in maintaining complete and up‑to‑date patient notes
Handle all information with strict confidentiality and professionalism. Provide a courteous, efficient service to patients, GPs, consultants and colleagues, ensuring all enquiries are managed promptly and effectively.
Working for our organisation
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Integrity
- Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.
Person specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent level of education, training or experience
Desirable criteria
- RSA/OCR typing stage II
- AMSPAR
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in administration team
- Prioritising workload
- Teamwork
- Understanding of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Audio typing/touch typing
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills and ability to demonstrate effective listening, verbal and written skills
- Concentration with unpredictable workload/interruptions
Desirable criteria
- Highly motivated, hard-working, proactive, resilient individual
Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
- Team player
- Punctual/good timekeeper
- Able to work to deadlines
- Committed to personal development and development of other staff
- Aligned to the Group’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity, and Courage
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Zoe Thompsom
- Job title
- Admin Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977022727
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