The MDT Facilitator sits within Cancer Services at Warwick Hospital, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, supporting the multi-disciplinary cancer team. The role runs the team's meetings and keeps each patient's pathway moving, flagging delays against national cancer waiting-time targets. It combines office and home working on an agile basis, with cross-site travel between the Warwick and Stratford hospitals. Fit depends on prior NHS experience and an understanding of cancer standards and targets.
What the job involves
- Facilitate MDT meetings so they run effectively and each patient's pathway progresses in a timely way
- Collate and analyse sensitive clinical information from several Trust systems, track each pathway and escalates delays
- Collate pathology and radiology material with site lead clinicians for meeting packs
- Organise MDT documentation, notify members, co-ordinate diaries and venues
- Record meeting decisions, act as MDT administrator and circulate outcomes and actions
- Prepare typed treatment plans, confirm consultant sign-off, file them in health records and arrange next appointments
- Support collection and input of clinical and non-clinical audit data, including national weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting
- Interrogate data systems such as Lorenzo, ICE, Winscribe and Soliton to track two-week referrals, consultant upgrades and screening referrals
- Maintain MDT trackers, including carrying out appraisals and delivering tracker training
- Provide cancer waiting time information for internal and external audit and maintain filing systems
- Undertake tumour site team administration, cover fellow facilitators during absence and assist with research data
- Implement SOPs, feed back service user comments, order stationery and equipment and comply with data protection requirements
What’s required
Qualifications
- GCSE English at grade 4 to 9, or equivalent
- Level 3 Business Administration NVQ, or equivalent
- Specialist knowledge or experience in cancer services
- Computer literate with evidence of specific training, including Microsoft software
Experience
- NHS experience and knowledge of the NHS
- Office management, keeping accurate and timely records and meeting minutes
- Experience of team working
Skills & knowledge
- Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised
- Able to work to deadlines
- Excellent communication and confidence liaising with all levels of staff
- Able to influence others through organisational skills
- Knows the limits of own responsibility and refers to senior colleagues
Other
- Well-presented and approachable
- Committed team player
- Flexible with working hours
- Willing to work across the Stratford and Warwick Hospital sites
Nice to have
- Minimum 3 years' administrative officer experience, or equivalent
- Experience of tracking and recording cancer waiting times data
- Experience of patient pathway facilitation
- Understanding of the NHS Cancer Plan, cancer standards and targets
- Car driver with a full driving licence
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