Cancer Services MDT Coordinator

Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Whittington Hospital

Town: London

Salary: £31,944 – £34,937 Per Annum including HCAS

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 12/03/2025 23:59

Job Overview

An opportunity has arisen for a MDT Co-ordinator/MDT Tracker to work within the Multi-Disciplinary Team providing high quality care for patients with cancer to implement and track patients through their cancer pathway.

The Cancer Services Directorate provides comprehensive pathway coordination and tracking for patients with known and suspected cancer. We are responsible for submissions to Cancer Waiting times, The Cancer Registry, Peer Review, and National cancer audits and Datasets. Confidence in operating IT systems is essential.

The successful candidate will also provide cover support to the Cancer MDT Coordinators during busy periods, including preparing MDT lists and attending pre-MDT and post-MDT meetings.

Working hour requirements for this will need flexibility but normal working hours are 09.00 to 17.00 Mon-Friday.

Main Duties of the Job

The successful candidate will manage and track referrals for patients with suspected and confirmed cancer to ensure that local and national cancer pathways and targets are met. Working as part of a team of MDT Coordinators, they will provide a first-class service for patients in a fast-paced environment. They will be a core and valued administrative member of the multi-disciplinary team and communicate effectively with colleagues from various staff groups and hospitals.

As the role is multi-functional and works within tight deadlines, the ideal candidate will work on their own initiative and be systematic and organised. The role involves using several electronic systems and minute-taking, so a high standard of IT skills and excellent typing ability is essential.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication.
• Experience of data entry, data collection, and analysis.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload and work accurately under pressure to meet targets.
• Ability to analyse sensitive information and implement workable solutions.
• Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
• Setting up and maintaining complex pathways involving various stakeholders.
• Ability to extract detailed information from various sources and reproduce it in an appropriate format for use by various stakeholders.

Education / Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE Level (or Equivalent) with A Level (or Equivalent) in English and Maths.
• Working knowledge of Word Processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

Knowledge & Experience

• Minimum of one year’s experience in an NHS setting involving patient contact and/or scheduling of patient appointments.
• Understanding of general medical terminology.
• Previous involvement or understanding of MDTs.

Personal Qualities

• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload while undertaking various tasks.
• Enthusiastic and positive with a “can do” approach.
• Ability to liaise and communicate with all grades of staff.
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Committed to self-development.
• Ability to work to deadlines.
• Able to use tact and diplomacy at all times.

Safeguarding Children and Adults

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies , procedures, and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Application Process

• Provide only a business email address for your referees.
• Include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirements on the job description.
• Closing dates are given as a guide; we reserve the right to close adverts early.
• If you do not hear from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, unfortunately, this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview.
• Check your emails regularly as all correspondence will be via trac.systems.

Other Important Information

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome.
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns.

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation will be scanned using a device that recognises security features of the documents provided.

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