MDT Coordinator

Hampshire Hospitals NHS; Winchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Winchester seeks an MDT Coordinator to track cancer patients through their diagnostic pathway. The role requires excellent communication and IT skills, and the ability to work under pressure. Responsibilities include data recording, tracking pathways, and facilitating focus groups. Candidates should have GCSE passes in English and Maths. This position offers a chance to contribute to cancer service improvements and ensure compliance with national standards.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal skills for presentations and reports.
• Strong IT skills on office and Microsoft based applications.

Responsibilities

• Work independently and receive management information.
• Take responsibility for tracking the patient pathway.
• Record key patient data to ensure compliance with Cancer Standards.
• Lead and facilitate Site Specific Focus Groups.
• Propose cancer service improvements.

Skills

Excellent communications skills

Prioritisation and workload management

Ability to work in teams

Excellent written and verbal skills

Education

Passes in both English and Maths at GCSE or equivalent level

Tools

Strong IT skills on office and Microsoft applications

Job description

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This role forms part of a team of MDT Co-ordinators undertaking the tracking and escalation of all patients who have been referred on a suspected cancer referral by their GP through their diagnostic pathway to a definitive diagnosis.

The post holder will be expected to work independently, but under the guidance and supervision of the MDT Lead / DOSM to set up fast track pathways from referral to either diagnosis or being discharged from the pathway.

Responsible for capturing and recording data accurately on all patients referred for further investigation from a GP referral.

Main duties of the job

• Work independently and with minimum supervision. This will include receiving management and waiting list information and taking action to address waiting list issues.
• Take responsibility for tracking the patient pathway, highlighting delays and escalating these to the appropriate person for action.
• Record key patient data on the central database to strict deadlines to ensure compliance with the Cancer Standards and National Audits.
• Take the lead role in the organisation and facilitation of Site Specific Focus Groups and ensure patient views are incorporated into service planning. This will include presenting a report on the improvements and actions identified to the Site Specific Annual General Meeting for approval and action.
• Propose and take forward cancer service improvements including identification of new national guidance playing a key role in action planning for targets.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Passes in both English and Maths at GCSE or equivalent level.
• Excellent written and verbal skills for presentations and reports.

Skills

• Excellent communications skills.
• Able to prioritise and manage a heavy and pressured workload in a target driven environment.
• Able to work effectively in a number of teams ensuring good relationships with colleagues and peers.
• Excellent written and verbal skills for presentations and reports.

Knowledge

• Strong IT skills on office and Microsoft based applications and the internet.
• Good understanding of the NHS and Cancer Services.

Other

• Able to work well under pressure, emotionally resilient.