MDT Team Leader

NHS Jobs; Warwick; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in Warwick seeks a Staff / Resource Manager to lead a team responsible for recruitment, induction, cancer waiting times training and staff welfare. You will coordinate annual leave, sickness, performance reviews, PDR and disciplinary matters, using Health Roster for approvals.

The role includes collaborating with the Cancer Services General Manager for weekly planning and MDT support to ensure timely cancer care.

Qualifications

• Experience in staff management and HR processes within healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team responsible for recruitment, induction, cancer waiting times training and staff annual leave, sickness, performance reviews, PDR and disciplinary issues.
• Use Health Roster to approve staff requests and ensure MDT support is maintained.
• Lead weekly planning with the Cancer Services General Manager to plan cover and ensure data accuracy across pathways.
• Monitor costs and adhere to departmental budget in collaboration with the Cancer Services Manager.

Job description

STAFF / RESOURCE Manage a team of staff responsible for recruitment, induction, cancer waiting times training, annual leave, sickness, performance, annual performance, annual PDR and capability and disciplinary issues, using Health Roster to approve such requests. Ensure staff resource is available to support the MDT function in line with Trust and National policies and best practice. Meet weekly with the Cancer Services General Manager to prospectively plan cover at a weekly planning meeting. Work in conjunction with your team, offering leadership and also assist in aspects of their role as required, ensuring that all tracking and data is kept up to date. Ensure adherence to Trust values. To act as authority for the ordering of stationery and equipment. Working with the Cancer Services Manager to maintain costs within the departmental budget.

PERFORMANCE

Develop effective mechanisms to ensure that cancer patient pathways are effectively tracked to the agreed minimum numbers in conjunction with the MDT Facilitators/Trackers and other staff groups/departments involved in the patients care and pathway. Work closely with General Managers and attend all appropriate meetings to escalatest and to update specialty teams on cancer patient pathways. Prepare for and attend Weekly Cancer Access meetings to highlight and demonstrate problems within pathways which are effecting compliance with cancer targets ensuring all actions are carried out prior to the next meeting. Meeting individual specialties, clearly communicating problems affecting patient pathway achievement to ensure that all cancer patients are treated within target, actively managing patient flow. Responsible for the strict implementation of Cancer Escalation grid for all patients on the 2 week wait pathway. To work with the Cancer Data and Performance Manager to validate breaches weekly, escalating issues to the Cancer Services General Manager. To discuss weekly priority patients close to their breach date requiring escalation to avoid breaching at the Cancer Performance Meeting. To effectively monitor the Priority Tracking List (PTL) and support the Cancer Services General Manager and the Associate Director of Operations Cancer Services with the weekly PTL meetings with Group representatives. Work with your Line manager and colleagues to develop and improve MDT working. To work collaboratively teams across the Coventry and Warwickshire Health care Partnership to ensure patients are treated in a timely manner. Communicating where necessary with patients in relation to transfers between clinical teams.

DATA

To ensure that all patients are being effectively tracked on correct pathways and data is accurately inputted into the Somerset system. Using the Trust systems to track information on the elements of cancer care. Run a weekly report of all tertiary referrals received into the Trust ensuring that all tertiary referrals are inputted correctly, and that pathways are escalated and treated within target wherever possible. Work in conjunction with the Cancer Services Data and Performance Manager for the facilitation of the breach validation process, ensuring lessons learned are acted upon as required. Responsible for raising concerns to the Cancer Service General Manager, of any patient deviating from their pathway milestones via escalation process and within Cancer Access. Responsible for data accuracy of your team onto the Somerset Cancer Registry, ensuring that audit and validation of that data is completed.