Cancer MDT Co-ordinator

Kingston Hospital; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

Kingston Hospital is seeking a fixed-term MDT Coordinator (Band 5) on a part-time basis for 12 months, working 21 hours per week (0.57 WTE). The role sits within the Cancer Services Team at Kingston Hospital, Kingston upon Thames.

You will support site-specific Cancer MDT Coordinators, validate key cancer data, track patients, and coordinate MDT meetings. Strong organisational skills, data input across multiple systems, and effective communication with colleagues are essential.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of NHS cancer targets.
• Experience as an MDT coordinator.
• Analytical approach to work.
• Logical problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Data Collection and validation of key cancer information.
• Tracking patients, supporting and attending MDT meetings.

Skills

NHS cancer targets knowledge

Logical problem solver

Analytical thinking

Job description

Main area Cancer Services Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Part time post 21 hrs 0.57 WTE) Hours Part time - 21 hours per week Job ref 396-8372130-DE-GV-Z

Site Kingston Hospital Town Kingston Upon Thames Salary £36,943 - £44,900 Pro rata, pa, incl. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 26/11/2026 23:59

Home, community, hospital

KingstonandRichmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range offantasticopportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level,weare uniquely placed toprovide therightenvironment to support your professional development.With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the firsttrustof our kindin London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for bothoverallquality andleadership.We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

• Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
• Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
• Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
• Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fixed term (24 hr) p/t MDT Coordinator, Band 5 within the Cancer Services Team.
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the site-specific Cancer MDT Coordinators, to enable the Trust to deliver the new National Timed Diagnostics Pathways. This will involve validation of the key cancer returns (CWT & COSD), helping to cover the different site specific MDT roles (tracking patients, supporting and attending meetings, collecting data).

The role requires liaison with a number of departments as well as Primary Care Colleagues and other Trusts to ensure prompt patient appointments, tests and diagnostics are provided. The role will involve coordinating and recording the Cancer MDT meetings once a week and updating the tracker on a daily basis to ensure patients pathways are facilitated.
We are looking for an exceptionally organised individual with a passion for cancer services, who is able to work proactively and independently to ensure targets are met. Excellent communication skills, and the ability to build and maintain a variety of working relationships, are essential. Proficient computer skills are required as you will need to input and collate data across a number of computer systems.
You will need to be able to work well under pressure and be comfortable presenting and collating information from senior management and clinicians. Experience of working in a similar role in cancer services would be advantageous.

Main duties of the job

Main duties will include:

• Data Collection and validation of key cancer information.
• Tracking patients, supporting and attending MDT meetings.

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Working for our organisation

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust cares for more than half a million patients a year, from across Kingston, Richmond, Elmbridge (Surrey), Merton, Wandsworth and Sutton. In 2018, we became the first acute hospital trust in London to be rated "Outstanding" for overall quality and leadership by the national Care Quality Commission regulator.

We have approximately 350 beds and directly employ around 2,900 staff. Our trust provides a full range of diagnostic services and treatment services. Our main site is the Kingston Hospital site but we also run a number of outpatient clinics in the community, including in Raynes Park, Surbiton, Queen Mary's Roehampton and Teddington.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document/s (JD) which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification.

Person specification

Knowledge

• Knowledge of NHS cancer Targets
• Experience of working as an MDT coordinator

Skills

• Logical Problem Solver
• Analytical approach to work

We support the NHS Flex for the Future pledge

We welcome conversations about flexible working from day one, including options such as adjusted hours, compressed hours and other arrangements. If flexibility matters to you, please talk to us - we’ll be happy to explore what’s possible for the role and the service.

Please refer to the latest UKVI guidance and ensure you have the appropriate right to work before applying for this role.

Please provide a minimum of 3 years’ employment and/or education history , including professional email addresses (not personal accounts such as Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot provide these, please inform the interview panel to avoid delays in pre‑employment checks.

To help us manage recruitment efficiently, some vacancies may close early once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

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.