MDT Navigator

Royal Marsden; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an organised MDT Navigator to coordinate multi-disciplinary meetings and manage patient data. You will schedule meetings, prepare materials, document discussions and support clinicians with timely patient pathways.

Responsibilities include data management, reporting and ensuring updates are shared with referring trusts, contributing to NHS cancer waiting times targets, and maintaining strong administrative support across the MDT team.

Qualifications

• Good academic standard or equivalent (demonstrated through relevant administrative experience).
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Understanding of cancer waiting times.
• Understanding of cancer care.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate MDT meetings and ensure timely scheduling.
• Maintain and distribute MDT agendas and materials.
• Document MDT discussions and ensure decisions are recorded within 24 hours.
• Support virtual and face-to-face meetings and resolve technical issues.
• Track patients in MDT pathways and communicate targets at meetings.

Skills

Typing Skills

Microsoft Office

Data management

Education

Good academic standard

Medical terminology

Cancer waiting times understanding

Cancer care understanding

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Epic patient information system

Job description

Main area Administration Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (End date: 05-Nov-2027) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 282-OD1972

Employer The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Marsden Hospital Sutton Town Sutton Salary £33,262 - £36,027 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join the MDT Navigator Team.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring patients referred to The Royal Marsden receive their treatment within the guidelines of the National Waiting Time targets. The post holder will make sure that patients are seen promptly following referral and treated within the appropriate timescale. This includes monitoring patients referred to other Trusts in the Network and influencing their patient pathway, via the local MDT. The post holder will also be responsible for administrative support and organisation of site-specific MDT meetings.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

As we often have many applicants for jobs at The Royal Marsden NHS Trust, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are short-listed for interview. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been short-listed for interview on this particular occasion.

For further details / informal visits contact: Penny White on 020 7811 8875 or Anna Baxter on 020 8661 3654

Main duties of the job

The MDT Navigator will work closely with multi-disciplinary team (MDT) members at referring trusts, coordinating referrals to ensure RMH meets all target dates. This involves meticulous data management, tracking of patient information on RMH databases, and ensuring updates are shared with referring organisations. Additionally, the role involves working alongside Service Managers to develop and manage datasets, produce timely reports, and improve patient tracking systems in accordance with the NHS Cancer Plan.

A comprehensive understanding of the patient care pathway, including diagnostic and treatment options, is crucial. The MDT Navigator will coordinate MDT meetings, ensuring all necessary information is available for clinical decision-making and assisting Service Managers in implementing service improvements to enhance patient care outcomes. This role demands strong organisational and communication skills, a keen eye for detail, and an understanding of the cancer patient pathway, ensuring patients receive seamless care and timely treatment.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

Multi-Disciplinary Meeting (MDT) Coordination:

Meeting Scheduling and Organisation: Coordinate meeting schedules in partnership with the lead clinician, virtually and face to face meeting, arrange necessary equipment when required. Co-ordinate and distribute agendas each week to ensure all patients requiring discussion are listed as appropriate.

Documentation and Communication: Contribute to discussions as the admin support by ensuring all materials (e.g. scans, reports) are available for review at point of discussion, document MDT meeting attendance, and ensure clinical decisions are recorded during the meeting or within 24 hours of the discussion.

Virtual, face to face and Support: Arrange face to face or virtual meetings and address any technical issues, ensuring all agendas are up to date and are available for review.

Patient Tracking in MDT Meetings: Check all patients that have an NHS number who have been confirmed to receive NHS treatment following an MDT discussion who are on a new 62-day cancer pathway or subsequent 31-day cancer pathway and communicate applicable targets during meetings.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Good academic standard or equivalent (demonstrated through relevant administrative experience)
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Understanding of cancer waiting times
• Understanding of cancer care

Experience

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and general computer skills
• Experience using internet and email for professional purposes
• Experience with patient information systems (epic)
• Previous medical data management
• Familiarity with information requirements for Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings to ensure accurate and comprehensive patient data is prepared for discussion

Skills Abilities/knowledge

• Typing Skills: Audiotyping and copy-typing (minimum 30 wpm.)

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.