MDT Co-ordinator

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated MDT Co-ordinator to support cancer services and improve patient outcomes. You will manage data accuracy, handle sensitive information, and work within the MDT to ensure the patient journey remains central to every stage.

Strong typing and prioritisation are required, with experience in data collection processes and databases. A flexible schedule may apply across early to late shifts on MDT days.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a team and communicate effectively.
• Ability to work on own initiative with sound judgement and problem solving.
• Good documentation and data handling capabilities are essential.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, report and track patients with suspected or diagnosed cancer to ensure timely processing.
• Work within the MDT to ensure the patient journey is central and delivered in line with clinical guidance and national datasets.

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Ability to exercise judgement

Education

GCSE English (grade C or above)

Knowledge of medical terminology

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

MDT Co-ordinator

The closing date is 29 October 2026

We are looking for someone who is passionate about Cancer Services, and delivering improved outcomes for our patients.

You must be able to organise and prioritise your own workload to meet the requirement of the team. Have the ability to function and communicate effectively as part of a team, the ability to exercise sound judgement in relation to problem solving and identifying situations requiring further advice.

The successful candidate will have experience of identifying and rectifying data quality issues and introducing procedures to rectify problems areas, experience of handling highly sensitive information and knowledge of the NHS long term plan, National CWT dataset and COSD (Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset).

The role requires a high level of data accuracy to meet deadlines and to ensure high standards of service are maintained. You will need strong typing skills and an ability to type under pressure in a live meeting.

Hours could possibly be from 7.00 am start - 7.00 pm finish - depending on your Multi-Disciplinary Team and the numbers of patients for discussion for that week.

This would only be on your MDT day. Usual office hours are between 8am-6pm with flexibility and during week day's only.

Main duties of the job

The Multi-Disciplinary Team Co-ordinator, although not a patient facing role, plays a major part in the overall patient experience and journey.

You should have excellent communications skills, be effective in working closely with clinical and non-clinical staff and have a flexible and patient centred approach.

You should also have previous admin experience, ideally with experience of working with databases and understanding data collecting processes.

You will be responsible for the monitoring, reporting and tracking of all patients, with either suspected or diagnosed cancer, ensuring the patient's journey is processed and administered in a timely efficient manner in line with clinical guidance and the National CWT (Cancer Waiting Times) monitoring dataset guidance.

You will also work as part of the MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team) to ensure the cancer patients experience is central to every stage of the journey.

Closing date of applications: 29 October 2026

Interview date: 12 November 2026

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

Person Specification

Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in team
• Ability to work on own initiative and unsupervised
• Ability to exercise judgement

Knowledge & training

• Excellent word processing and spreadsheet skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel
• GCSE or equivalent in English at grade C or above
• Knowledge of medical terminology

Planning & organisational

• Ability to manage conflicting priorities, organise workload effectively and to meet deadlines
• Well organised and able to produce accurate and timely work with particular attention to detail

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.

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust