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

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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 and implementing and tracking 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, National cancer audits, and Datasets. Confidence in operating IT systems is essential.

The successful candidate will also be required to provide cover support to the Cancer MDT Coordinators during busy periods within the service, 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, who are committed to providing a first-class service for patients in a fast-paced environment. They will also be a core and valued administrative member of the multi-disciplinary team and therefore be able to communicate effectively and professionally with colleagues from a range of staff groups and hospitals.

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. MDT coordination and tracking of the cancer patient tracking list (PTL).
2. Organise and attend the multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
3. Prepare appropriate lists of patients to be discussed at each MDT from information received from various sources including clinicians, medical notes, electronic patient records, and previous MDT lists.
4. Prepare the MDT decision sheets prior to the MDT meeting with patient demographics, results of investigations, and other relevant clinical information.
5. Ensure that the MDT is fully aware of the progress of each patient in relation to the 31 and 62-day target dates for treatment both via MDT Meetings and individually via Operational Management and Clinical Nurse Specialists to ensure proactive patient journey management.
6. Liaise with appropriate Patient Pathway Co-ordinators and other support departments for the preparation of the weekly MDT meetings.
7. Ensure that decisions taken during the MDT meetings requiring administrative organisation are booked and confirmed in a timely manner.
8. Assist with follow-up actions as required by the MDT.
9. Document decisions taken at the meeting in the patients\’ notes.
10. File the patient’s MDT decision summary and other documents into case notes promptly.
11. Ensure all information relating to the MDT decision is recorded in the Somerset Cancer Register system.
12. Organise the Specialist Multi-Disciplinary Team (SMDT) meetings similarly.

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 accurately under pressure.
• Ability to analyse sensitive information and implement workable solutions.
• Ability to extract detailed information from various sources.

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.
• Enthusiastic and positive with a “can do” approach.
• Ability to liaise and communicate with all grades of staff.
• Committed to self-development.
• Able to use tact and diplomacy at all times.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

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

Your application form

• Provide only business email addresses for your referees.
• Include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirements.

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.

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