MDT Coordinator

HCRG Care Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

As an MDT Administrator at HCRG Care Group, you will manage cancer referrals and ensure timely patient appointments. This part-time role requires effective communication and organizational skills, with a focus on providing excellent service to patients. You will also be part of a supportive team dedicated to transforming health and care.

Benefits

Access to group pension

Free tea and coffee

Discounts on everyday purchases

Access to wages as you earn

Online and face-to-face wellbeing support

Continuing professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Good general education e.g. GCSEs or equivalent.
• Accurate and efficient IT and keyboard skills.
• Effective interpersonal, organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the flow of suspected cancer referrals and scheduling of appointments.
• Type all suspected cancer and confirmed cancer patients GP and hospital letters.
• Attend weekly Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meetings.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Education

GCSEs or equivalent

Relevant administrative or IT qualifications to NVQ level 2

Tools

EMIS Web

Somerset Cancer Register

Job description

As an MDT Administrator, you will play a key role in managing the flow of suspected cancer referrals from Primary Care, ensuring timely and efficient scheduling of patient appointments in line with NHS Cancer Waiting Times Guidance.

You will act as a central point of communication and coordination for patients with suspected or confirmed cancer within the North and North East Lincolnshire Dermatology Service clinics.

This is a part-time, home-based position (22.5 hours per week), with working hours Monday to Friday. There is an occasional requirement to attend the Dermatology Services in Grimsby or Scunthorpe for training sessions or meetings. Therefore, a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

Interviews to commence the week of 2nd June

Main Responsibility

Within this role you will be responsible for:

• To add all suspected cancer referrals from the E-referral system and those received via tele dermatology.
• To provide a first point of contact for patients on the cancer pathway to arrange the following appointments.
• Consultant led appointments.
• Procedure appointments
• Counselling appointments
• Follow up appointments.
• To outcome all suspected cancer appointments ensuring all patients are moved onto appropriate pathways
• Type all suspected cancer and confirmed cancer patients GP and hospital letters from clinicians’ consultations.
• To send onward referrals to local trusts within local KPI time frames
• To work closely with MDT coordinator to ensure all accurate data is registered on Somerset Cancer Register
• Attend weekly Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meetings, offering cover when needed to the MDT Coordinator
• Ensure that high standards of customer service are provided by communicating effectively and appropriately with service users, colleagues, managers and a range of professionals from within and outside of the organisation.

This list is intended to summarise the key responsibilities and is not intended to cover every task that may be required of the role.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have:

• Good general education e.g. GCSEs or equivalent.
• Accurate and efficient IT and keyboard skills.
• Effective interpersonal, organisational and communication skills. Ability to communicate clearly with a wide variety of colleagues and service users, both verbally and in writing.
• Good planning and organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work with discretion, sensitivity and maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload within a busy environment.
• Previous experience in a similar role
• Experience using EMIS Web or Somerset Cancer Register
• Relevant administrative or IT qualifications to NVQ level 2 or equivalent experience in maintaining patient care database by entering new information as it becomes available; verifying findings and reports; backing up data
• Experience of working to KPIs

Package Description

As an MDT Coordinator, you’ll be part of our valued team based across our Grimsby and Scunthorpe Services within our North & North East Lincolnshire Dermatology Service.

You will feel valued as a MDT Coordinator within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Salary of £23,875.00per annum pro rota with access to our group pension and HCRG Care Group Terms and Conditions.
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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• Job Category HCRG - Administrative & Clerical
• Location Cromwell Road Primary Care Centre, United Kingdom