MDT Administrator/Patient Navigator

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking an MDT Administrator/Patient Navigator to support Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings within the Cancer Flow & Performance Team. The ideal candidate will have experience with NHS systems and strong administrative skills. Key responsibilities include coordinating meetings, managing patient data, and ensuring compliance with national cancer standards. This role is essential for providing quality cancer services to patients. No patient contact is required in this administrative position.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices.
• Experience of communicating with members of multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to source and collate information/data.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the site specific MDT meeting.
• Navigate patients' cancer journey in a timely fashion.
• Ensure patient data is entered correctly and timely.

Skills

IT/Keyboard Skills

Ability to analyse data

Good verbal and communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Knowledge of administrative systems

Experience using NHS working procedures

Knowledge of medical terminology

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Job description

MDT Administrator/Patient Navigator

The closing date is 30 November 2025

An opportunity has arisen within the Trust Cancer Flow & Performance Team for an Administrative and Patient Navigation service to the Cancer Multi-Disciplinary Teams.

The Cancer Flow & Performance Team are responsible for the collection, collation and reporting of nationally mandated cancer datasets. The team work closely with members of the cancer multi-disciplinary teams to prospectively manage patients along their cancer pathway, committed to achieving quality cancer services for all patients in accordance with national objectives and standards. Multi Disciplinary Teams (MDT) provide a specialist decision making process in a weekly meeting, reviewing all relevant diagnostic tests, radiology, histology and medical data in order to plan appropriate treatment for those patients diagnosed with cancer.

The MDT Administrator is an integral part of this team responsible for ensuring this happens in an organised fashion, liaising with all relevant departments, clinical and non-clinical personnel. The post holder will also be required to work with clinical teams and the supporting cancer information staff to capture and provide accurate and timely data to meet national standards. They will identify patients who may breach national cancer pathway standards and take appropriate action to negate this.

Please note this role does not have any patient contact and is purely administrative.

Main duties of the job

You will be a highly motivated and organised individual working autonomously for the majority of the time, supporting your clinical team by facilitating the weekly Cancer MDT meetings. You will ensure that all the relevant clinical documentation/reports are available to allow the team to have full discussion of patients' diagnosis and treatment options, which you are required to capture and record accurately within the Somerset Cancer Register so attention to detail is paramount. You will be required to live-type in the weekly Cancer MDT meetings so proficiency in typing is desirable.

You will have a knowledge of NHS systems, utilising these to collate the information required to support and navigate the cancer patient journey. You will develop knowledge of the various cancer tumour specific pathways and gain an understanding of the national standards relevant to cancer waiting times. This will enable you to monitor the patient journey. Using various reports, you will ensure that investigations are arranged in a timely way, expediting these on occasion to prevent patient breaches of the cancer waiting times standards. You will liaise with both clinical and non clinical members of staff both internally and externally to the organization so good communication skills are essential.

• Interview Date Friday 12 December 2025

About us

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Job responsibilities

• Coordinates the site specific MDT meeting
• Navigates the patients cancer journey ensuring this takes place in a timely fashion
• Ensure patient data is entered correctly and in a timely manner, producing reports as appropriate
• Effective liaison with departments within the Trust, developing efficient working relationships and promoting the effective use of information services
• To support the multi-disciplinary cancer team to implement the cancer waiting times targets
• Daily supervision and deployment of junior staff

Qualifications & Education

Knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices

Knowledge of a full range of administrative systems

Knowledge of medical terminology

IT experience in Microsoft Office packages: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Experience in communication with senior staff

Experience of communicating with members of multidisciplinary team

Experience of using hospital computer systems

Previous experience of NHS working proceduresKnowledge of National Cancer Waiting Times Targets

Have a broad understanding of the national cancer dataset

Ability to source and collate information/data

Ability to use databases

Data management

Knowledge of multidisciplinary meetings

Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team

Skills & Abilities

• IT/Keyboard Skills
• Ability to analyse data that has several components
• Ability to work with people at different, establishing working relationships with staff and across organisational boundaries
• Good verbal and communication skills
• Able to prioritise own work load
• Required to use VDU
• Able to work alone/in isolation when required
• Able to work as part of a team Ability to form relationships over the telephone and face to face
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to meet deadlines
• Able to pass on knowledge to others
• Maintain a confident and approachable disposition

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.