Cancer MDT Coordinator

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an administrative professional to provide full support to the Local Cancer MDTs and to proactively monitor and track patients through their cancer journey. The role requires coordinating appointments and investigations across hospital departments to ensure timely care and compliance with cancer waiting times.

The successful candidate will maintain data on the SCR cancer register and contribute to continuous pathway improvements,

Qualifications

• Experience providing administrative support in a clinical setting.
• Accurate data entry and record keeping for patient pathways.
• Ability to coordinate with multiple hospital departments to avoid delays.
• Excellent organisation and attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide full administrative support to the Local Cancer MDT meetings.
• Proactively monitor and track the cancer patients to meet waiting time targets.
• Arrange appointments and investigations in a timely fashion with other departments.
• Input all patient journey data onto the SCR Cancer Register and related systems.
• Identify bottlenecks and work with management to improve patient pathways.

Skills

Administrative support

Data entry

Stakeholder coordination

Attention to detail

Tools

SCR database

Cancer Waiting Times system

Job description

Full administrative support to the Local Cancer Multidisciplinary Team Meetings and proactive monitoring and tracking of the cancer patients ensuring that their journey is processed in a timely and efficient manner, in line with Cancer Waiting Times. Working closely with other hospitals departments to ensure appointments and investigations are arranged in a timely fashion.

Please note this role will not be eligible for sponsorship as it doesn't meet the minimum salary requirements for a skilled worker visa, therefore you must have appropriate right to work in the UK or your application will not be progressed to the next stage of Recruitment.

Patient Pathway

Ensure diagnostic investigations are carried out in a timely manner and the results of such are made available as soon as possible to clinicians.

Be responsible for identifying patients coming into the Trust referred either via the fast track or other routes (at positive histology)

Track and guide (virtually) the patient through the hospital system ensuring there are no system delays which will prevent the patient achieving the cancer waiting time targets.

Be responsible for identifying and resolving delays in the patient pathway. Where this is not possible, ways forward to be discussed and agreed with the Divisional Manager and Deputy Cancer Manager.

Ensure all data in relation to the patient journey is input onto SCR (Somerset Cancer Register) which is the Cancer Services database.

Highlight any regular system bottlenecks and contribute ideas to resolve these.

Work closely with the Deputy Cancer Manager and Service Improvement Facilitator to continually improve the patient journey.

Be able to identify and advise clinical teams on when adjustments can be made to the patient journey, ensuring these are documented on the PTL and the Cancer Database –SCR

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.

As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Frattaroli Job title: Recruiting Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01253 956623