Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 214-CEN-6125505-A
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton-In-Ashfield
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Cancer Pathway and MDT Coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 4
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
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Job overview
Come and join our team at King's Mill Hospital! We are currently looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Cancer Pathway and MDT Coordinator to join our Cancer Services team.
The main duties include facilitating the development of robust data collection and validation systems, data entry, tracking patients through their pathways and supporting the effective administration of cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an established service that supports the Trust’s cancer teams. We use the Infoflex information systems to collect real-time data at regular MDT meetings and throughout the patients’ referral, diagnostic and treatment pathways. The data aids the clinical management of the patients and informs progress against national cancer waiting times targets.
Main duties of the job
To provide support to the cancer teams by navigating and tracking of all patients diagnosed with cancer or suspected of having cancer along the clinical pathway, co-ordinating all hospital appointments, investigations and their treatment, whilst also identifying patients who may potentially breach national waiting time targets and Cancer Standards taking appropriate positive action to negate this possibility.
The Cancer Pathway and MDT Coordinator will coordinate and attend one or more MDT meetings, ensuring all necessary information is available at MDT meetings to enable clinical decisions to be made by the MDT, as well as be responsible for data input into the Cancer Wait Time record and National Cancer Audits. Ensuring there is effective co-operation between departments and divisions involved in the delivery of cancer services.
Working for our organisation
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more details, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Willing to undertake additional training as required
- Abilty to work accross the Trust
- Drive and enthusiastic, well-motivated with a positive approach to working as part of a team pursuing new strategic goals
Desirable criteria
- Committed to continuing professional development
Analytical and Judgement skill
Essential criteria
- Effective judgment skills for decision making
- Ability to identify problems and quickly report/act on them to ensure cancer patients are treated within target
- Ability to analyse problems and identify obvious anomalies/discrepancies
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Effective diplomatic interpersonal skills.
- Able to communicate with a range of different professional groups (both clinical and non-clinical)
- Effective team player able to work with people at all levels within the trust
- Ability to convey complex information to colleagues
- Self-motivated but also able to motivate others
- Possess effective listening skills
- Negotiation and influencing skills
- Offers appropriate help and advice with sensitivity
Experience
Essential criteria
- Advanced keyboard skills
- Excellent data input skills
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Attendance and coordination of multidisciplinary team meetings
- Knowledge of hospital information systems
- Knowledge of Cancer Waiting Times data
- Experience of data collection
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the Cancer Pathway Tracking database
- Knowledge of clinical pathways
- Understanding of clinical audit and data methodology
- Knowledge of medical records systems and data retrieval
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at Grade C or above including English Language and Mathematics
- Educated to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Minute taking
- Competent in Microsoft applications including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an office environment
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Put patients at the heart of all we do
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “Dedicated to Outstanding Care” behavioural standards
- Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Effective judgment skills for decision making
- Ability to identify problems and quickly report/act on them to ensure cancer patients are treated within target
- Ability to analyse problems and identify obvious anomalies/discrepancies
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise tasks, work to deadlines and manage own time effectively
- Planning and organisation of a number of complex tasks many of which are on-going
- Seeks ways to improve systems and efficiencies
- Have the ability to work across tumour sites
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Able to use a computer for extended periods
- Accuracy with data entry and information tracking- pays attention to detail
- Able to work effectively and accurately under pressure – does not panic easily
If you would like this information in an alternative format or in a different language please contact us on 01623 622515 ext 3271.
Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applications and that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.
Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.
In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal date held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be invoiced to you once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £40 plus VAT for an enhanced and £23 plus VAT for a standard check. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.
Proposed for us: Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. Whilst Covid-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this present time unless you work in a Care Home facility, we continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated. There is helpful advice and information about the Covid-19 vaccination and how to access it at: https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/
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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
- Susan Deller
- Job title
- Cancer Pathway and MDT Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 622515
- Additional information
For further information please contact Sue Deller, Allen Rousell or Pam Norwood on 01623-622515 Ext. 6303 or 6385.
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