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MDT Assistant Coordinator

North Bristol NHS Trust

Bristol

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GBP 22,000 - 26,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

North Bristol NHS Trust is seeking an MDT Assistant Coordinator to manage patient pathways within Cancer Services. The role involves tracking patients, ensuring compliance with cancer waiting times, and requires strong organizational and communication skills. Ideal candidates will have experience in data management and a keen attention to detail.

Qualifications

Strong administrative skills required.
Experience managing patient pathways preferred.
Ability to work under pressure and prioritize workload.

Responsibilities

Track patients on cancer pathways and escalate issues as necessary.
Identify and rectify missing data to meet deadlines.
Provide accurate information for patient tracking meetings.

Skills

Data Management

Attention to Detail

Communication

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Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Cancer Services for a Band 3 Assistant MDT Coordinator. This person will take a lead role in ensuring the effective tracking of patients on suspected cancer pathways and working with clinical teams to ensure all patients referred to NBT with suspected cancer receive an exceptional level of service within the national cancer waiting timeframes.

We are welcoming applications from people with experience of managing patient pathways, excellent communication skills, the ability to lead and the ability to think independently and problem solve.

For further details / informal visits contact: Any queries regarding this role can be directed to Jen Brooks at Jen.Brooks@nbt.nhs.uk or Chloe.Sadler@nbt.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

To track patients on a cancer pathway and escalate issues to the Cancer Performance Manager/Cancer Support Manager where directed.
To identify patients that are about to exceed deadlines for data collection and rectify any missing data where necessary.
To notify the relevant staff of patients whose missing data is likely to cause the deadlines for data collection to be exceeded.
To provide timely and accurate information for patient tracking meetings (PTL)
Work flexibly as part of a team to cover for annual leave and sickness
Work within base at Southmead.

Working for our organisation

North Bristol NHS Trust provides hospital and community healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset and we are also a specialist regional centre for major trauma, neurosciences, plastics and burns, Orthopaedics and renal services.

Our aim at North Bristol NHS Trust is to deliver exceptional healthcare for all our patients and carers.

We believe we will deliver these objectives for our patients by:

Improving the patient experience and safety
Progressing significantly towards no waits o delay
Offering a service that will be leading edge, delivered in high quality environments
Providing a great place to work for our staff
Building a strong, healthy, viable organisation

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for the tracking of patients referred to the Trust on a cancer pathway ensuring Cancer Waiting Times Standards are met. You will be responsible for escalating any potential delays to the relevant Specialties and Cancer Performance Manager. The role will be complex and challenging but varied and requires excellent communication skills. The candidate must have good organisational skills, the ability to use own initiative, the ability to show attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure. You will be required to maintain accurate data and have a keen eye for detail.

You must enjoy working in a busy environment and be able to prioritise your own workload. You will need good interpersonal skills with the ability to work as part of a team, be IT literate, and able to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Person specification

Strong administrative skills

Essential criteria

Data Management
Excellent attention to detail
Good keyboard skills

Desirable criteria

Previous NHS experience
Cancer pathway knowledge
Understanding of CWT targets

Understanding CWT targets

Desirable criteria

Clear understanding of targets

Communication

Essential criteria

High Level of Communication

Data entry skills

Desirable criteria

Systems knowledge

If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.

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North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.

At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.

Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.

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