Cancer MDT Coordinator

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Cancer MDT Coordinator to join the Cancer Services team at Wexham Park Hospital. Band 4, 37.5 hours per week, 6-month fixed-term contract. Location: Wexham Park Hospital.

You will help patients navigate their cancer care journey with timely, coordinated and effective care. The role involves tracking patient pathways, identifying delays and working with clinical teams to resolve issues promptly within nationally agreed timescales, supporting MDTs and

Qualifications

• Essential criteria: Experience of working in an office or similar environment.
• Essential criteria: GCSE English and Maths pass or equivalent; NVQ level 3 or equivalent; ECDL.
• Desirable criteria: Knowledge of process mapping and Somerset Cancer Register systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating patient pathways
• Monitoring cancer waiting times
• Supporting MDT meetings
• Maintaining accurate data
• Recording MDT outcomes
• Attending MDT and PTL meetings
• Providing cover to other MDT Coordinators during annual leave

Skills

Communication

Customer service

Staff communication

IT skills

Typing skills

Education

GCSE English and Maths pass or equivalent

NVQ level 3 or equivalent

ECDL

Tools

Excel

Access

Word

PowerPoint

Typing

Job description

Experience

Essential criteria

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Job Overview

Cancer MDT Coordinator

Band 4 | 37.5 hours per week | 6-month fixed-term contract

Location: Wexham Park Hospital

Are you organised, proactive and passionate about delivering excellent patient care? Are you looking for an opportunity to make a real difference to the experience of patients living with cancer?

Join our friendly and dedicated Cancer Services team at Frimley Park Hospital, where you will play a vital role in helping patients navigate their cancer care journey, ensuring they receive timely, coordinated and effective care.

Our busy Cancer Services department works closely with tumour‑specific Multi‑Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) to support patients from referral through to treatment. As a Cancer Pathway Coordinator, you will be at the heart of this process, helping to ensure patients progress through their care pathways within nationally agreed timescales.

About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and proactive individual who enjoys working collaboratively, solving problems and making a positive impact.

You will take responsibility for tracking and coordinating patients throughout their cancer pathways, proactively identifying potential delays and working with clinical teams to resolve issues promptly.

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Coordinating patient pathways
• Monitoring cancer waiting times
• Supporting MDT meetings
• Maintaining accurate data
• Working collaboratively
• Driving improvement

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for documenting and monitoring patients’ cancer pathways to ensure accurate information is entered into the Cancer Tracking Database (Somerset Cancer Register), read and interpret clinic letters to determine patients’ next steps, and elevate any delays in the pathways.
• Attending MDT and PTL meetings.
• Recording MDT outcomes as required.
• Provide cover to other MDT Co‑Ordinators during periods of annual leave.
• This post does not have any line management or budgetary responsibility.
• The post holder will work as part of the Multidisciplinary Team’s (MDT’s) to ensure Cancer patient and carer experience is central to every stage of the patient journey.
• The post holder will ensure the MDT meetings run effectively, are well structured, all cancer patients discussed and the whole patient journey recorded on Somerset Cancer Register, including Cancer meetings.

Working for our organisation

Visa Sponsorship

This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in an office or similar environment

Desirable criteria

• Experience of using Video Conferencing Equipment
• Healthcare sector experience

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSE English and Maths pass or equivalent.
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
• European Computer Driving License (ECDL).

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Strong communication skills.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels.
• Microsoft Office skills (including, Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Excellent database, IT and typing skills.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of process mapping.
• Knowledge of in-house Somerset Cancer Register as well as ICE, CRIS etc.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand‑new £100m state‑of‑the‑art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future‑proofed, featuring on‑site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.