Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-6422194
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/08/2024
Employer heading
MDT Coordinator and Pathway Tracker - Cancer Services
NHS AfC: Band 4
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a MDT Coordinator and Pathway tracker who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will facilitate the smooth running of the patient journey by ensuring that coordinated administrative processes are in place. This will include managing a PTL and facilitating MDT meetings.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
The MDT/Patient Pathway Coordinator will take the responsibility for patients referred by their GPs with a suspicion of cancer.
You will have a good understanding of the NHS and Trust systems along with proven office skills which should include word and excel along with some understanding of medical terminology and the ability to type to be able to facilitate live data entry in MDT meetings.
You will be able able to work in a calm logical and methodical way whilst being able to multi-task in a busy environment and interact with people at all levels both internally and externally.
Ensure that the relevant clinical data is available at the meeting for discussion, including notes,investigations and test results to include liaising with outside Hospitals for relevant information.
Attend weekly MDT meetings and maintain a record of attendance of the Multidisciplinary team at MDT meetings in line with Peer review
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSE or equivalent in English and Math
- Excellent written and presentation skills
- Computer literate
- Excel, databases, word
Desirable criteria
- RSA 1/2 typing or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of MS word, excel databases, creating, saving and printing documents and reports.
- Basic knowledge of cancer and it’s management
- Knowledge of medical terminology
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of infoflex
- Knowledge of CRIS
- Knowledge of PAS
- Understanding the patient pathway of care through an acute trust setting
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team environment with a varied range of staff form Consultant to clinic clerks
- Ability to prioritize workload and work to tight deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Worked in the NHS or health related setting
- Ability to use patient administration systems such as PAS, CLINiCOM, CRIS
- Experience of cancer services within the NHS
Key Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Ability to work methodically and accurately
- Team player
- Excellent verbal, written and numerical skills
- Keyboard skills
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of cancer terminology
- Ability to use and manipulate Trust I.T. systems across varied disciplines, pathology and radiology to identify patient information
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good time management and flexible in approach to work
- Attention to details
- Able to manage own time
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Rose
- Job title
- Assistant Manager Cancer Performance Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 284646
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