Mdt Navigator

The Royal Marsden; England; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden is seeking a proactive MDT Navigator to coordinate multidisciplinary meetings, manage patient data, and support NHS target timelines. You will work with referring trusts and internal teams to ensure accurate information and timely clinical decisions are recorded.

The role requires strong organisation, attention to detail, and experience with Microsoft Office; familiarity with patient data management and cancer pathways is desirable.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and general computer skills.
• Strong presentation skills are required.
• Typing skills: audiotyping and copy-typing (≥30 wpm).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate MDT meetings and ensure agenda and materials are available for discussion.
• Manage patient tracking and NHS pathway targets within the MDT context.
• Support documentation and communication, ensuring timely recording of clinical decisions.
• Liaise with referring trusts and NHS organisations to monitor patient pathways and data quality.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Presentation skills

Typing skills

Education

Medical terminology knowledge

Job description

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.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Essential criteria

• Good academic standard or equivalent (demonstrated through relevant administrative experience)

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Understanding of cancer waiting times
• Understanding of cancer care

Experience

Essential criteria

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and general computer skills
• Presentation skills

Desirable criteria

• 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

Desirable criteria

• 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.

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.