Oncology Pathway Coordinator

King’s College Hospital London, Dubai; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

King’s College Hospital London, Dubai is seeking an Oncology Pathway Coordinator who reports to the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer – Acute and Ambulatory Care Services. You will coordinate the multidisciplinary team to ensure efficient cancer pathways across departments and care settings.

Key duties include coordinating clinical pathways for cancer patients, organizing MDT meetings, ensuring timely interventions, and maintaining high standards of safety and data management.

Qualifications

• UAE DHA license is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required.
• Experience in cancer care or MDT coordination preferred.
• Experience in an appropriate service environment within the last 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the administrative coordination and sequencing of the clinical pathway for cancer patients at various stages.
• Coordinate and organize clinical interventions and activities across directorates and multiple services; respond to variations in the plan.
• Understand current and future requirements for each patient and take proactive steps to maintain the pathway.
• Ensure progress of patient journeys with the cancer MDT (Consultants, Nursing, etc.).
• Escalate deviations to the DCNO for corrective action.
• Coordinate MDT meetings and provide administrative support.
• Develop schedules of patients to be discussed at MDT meetings.

Skills

MDT coordination

Administrative coordination

Clinical pathway understanding

Data management

Education

UAE DHA license

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Job description

Reporting to the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer – Acute and Ambulatory Care Services (DCNO), the Oncology Pathway Coordinator efficiently and effectively co-ordinates the work of the specialist multidisciplinary team to ensure there is effective cooperation between departments across the whole cancer pathway of those involved in the delivery of cancer services across KCH:

• To understand the pathway of each patient; monitoring their progress and ensuring timely intervention is achieved.
• Develop administrative systems consistent with the service improvement program to streamline the patient journey and improve the quality of patient care.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for administrative coordination and sequencing of the clinical pathway for a range of cancer patients at various stages in their cancer journey.
• The post holder is expected to co-ordinate and organize, clinical interventions and activities for the patient across directorates and multiple clinical services; and respond to variations in the plan accordingly.
• For each patient, to understand current and future requirements; and then to take proactive steps through current action and planning, to ensure this pathway is maintained.
• To ensure the progress of patients’ journeys with all members of the cancer MDT (Consultants, Nursing etc).
• Where personal intervention is unsuccessful, identify through the escalation policy to the DCNO any deviation from the expected pathway promptly to allow corrective action to be achieved.

Multidisciplinary Team Co-ordination

• Facilitate and coordinate the functions of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings with the various representatives from Gastroenterology, Breast and Oncology clinics.
• Provide administrative support for specialist MDT meetings.
• Liaise with clinical and administrative staff across directorates to develop schedules of patients to be discussed at MDT meetings.

Quality, Safety and Data Management

• Always maintain a genuine learning culture with a clear message of safe care.
• Work collaboratively with clinical governance to ensure adequate management of clinical risk and improvements in quality and safety.
• To ensure that administrative and clerical functions are carried out to the highest quality standards and promptly.

Education & Qualification

• UAE Medical Health Authority License (DHA)
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Experience

• Has worked within an appropriate service environment within the last 3 years