Chemotherapy Scheduler | Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

Job title: Chemotherapy Scheduler | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Employer: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Manchester, M20 4BX

Pay:

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Disability Confident: Yes

Closing Date: 21/03/2026

The Chemotherapy team require a scheduler to work as part of our existing team to schedule patients receiving Systemic anti-cancer treatments.

The post holder will be expected to work as part of a very busy team, spending time in outpatient clinics and covering other administration roles including reception.

The post holder will require excellent communication skills and be able to work as part of a team but also be able to manage your own workload.

The role requires considerable amount of computer work using a few of the trusts systems. A good knowledge of these information systems would be an advantage, although training will be given.

The post holder’s role will include the booking of patients SACT treatment, and booking Outpatients appointments, communicating with patients and relatives both face to face and on the phone, ensuring patients receive their appointments in a timely manner. Other administration skills will be required.

The role requires the individual to meet deadlines for appointments and targets, to communicate well with all members of the multidisciplinary team, patients, and their relatives and to act in a professional, courteous manner at all times.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world;

chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

• The scheduling of patients for SACT treatment, and Outpatients appointments, communicating with patients and relatives both face to face and on the phone, ensuring patients receive their appointments in a timely manner.
• Other administration skills as required.
• Meet deadlines for appointments and targets; communicate well with members of the multidisciplinary team, patients, and their relatives; and act in a professional, courteous manner at all times.

• Communication & Relationship
  
  Skills:
  
  Exchange information with patients and staff on admission/discharge, communicate complex information about chemotherapy appointment schedules, deal with anxious/ distressed patients, liaise with GPs and other health professionals, maintain confidentiality.
• Analytical & Judgmental
  
  Skills:
  
  Resolve issues such as cancellations, use own initiative to liaise with clinical staff, use patient information systems, apply knowledge to code treatments, assess eligibility.
• Planning & Organizational
  
  Skills:
  
  Plan patient admissions, appointments, and discharge; ensure clinic notes/forms are present; rearrange clinics for staff absence; manage annual leave to avoid conflicts; provide cover across divisions and trusts.
• Physical & Other
  
  Skills:
  
  Use patient information systems; standard keyboard skills; use office equipment.

• Professional conduct, good communication with MDT, patients and relatives.
• Follow policies, SOPs, and standard practice; induction support to new post holders; plan and organize own time with prioritization; use own initiative to solve problems.
• Work involves periods of keyboard use, handling clinical notes, and managing a busy reception area.

• Continuous use of VDU; very busy reception; exposure to ill patients in waiting areas; occasional travel to Christie sites with own transport and full UK driving licence required.
• This;
  Disability Confident employer;
  Jobs are provided by the Find a Job Service from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).