This MDT and pathway coordinator post sits in the Vascular Surgery team at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It manages and tracks 18-week patient pathways, validates and improves pathway data from referral to completion, and prepares MDT lists with imaging and external reports. It combines MDT coordination with pathway tracking for a single specialty, and relies heavily on Microsoft Office, spreadsheets and hospital systems. Visa sponsorship is not available, and candidates need the right to work for at least six months from start.
What the job involves
- Manage, track and navigate 18-week patient pathways and report at relevant meetings against national and local targets
- Validate, amend and improve pathway data from initial referral through diagnostics to completion of the patient episode
- Proactively secure timely appointments within pathways to meet waiting time targets
- Liaise and coordinate with all colleagues involved in a patient's management
- Manage the MDT list, ensuring the correct patients are added for discussion
- Ensure imaging and external reports are available and uploaded before MDT discussion
- Send MDT outcomes to relevant colleagues and follow up to confirm actions are taken
What’s required
Qualifications
- GCSE maths and English or equivalent
- Customer service, business admin or ITQ qualification, or equivalent professional experience
Experience
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Prioritising, planning and organising own and others' tasks
- Dealing with difficult situations and confrontations
- Data entry and documentation experience
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of RTT targets
- Awareness of NHS targets and Trust priorities
- Knowledge of confidentiality and data protection procedures
- Excellent communication by telephone, email and face to face
- Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office and spreadsheets
- Attention to detail and accuracy
Other
- Working autonomously with own initiative and managing time to meet deadlines
- Working under pressure and as part of a team
- Negotiating and developing working relationships
- Behaving in line with Trust values of Together, Safe, Kind, Excellent
Nice to have
- Relevant training in RTT pathway management
- Previous NHS experience
- Experience working with medical records
- Experience with EPIC and CHEQS hospital systems
- Experience presenting to team members
- Knowledge of the Trust, its priorities and information systems
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Experience planning complex processes, report writing and data analysis
What’s offered
- Development opportunities
- On-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries
- Reduced-cost Stagecoach bus travel to the Cambridge University Hospital site
- Free Park and Ride and train station routes to the hospitals
- Subsidised on-site parking for eligible staff
- Reduced-cost hot food on campus and free tea and coffee in the staff break space
- Flexible working options, including part-time, job-share, term-time and flexible start and finish times