Specialised Cardiology MDT Coordinator

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic MDT Team Lead to join the Specialised Cardiology directorate in London. You will coordinate weekly MDT meetings, support Lead Clinicians, and help drive decision making and pathways for patients.

You will provide administrative leadership across the MDT, monitor outcomes, analyse delays in diagnosis and treatment, and work with clinical and admin colleagues to improve service delivery and patient care within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Educated to A-Level or equivalent with strong numeracy.
• Degree level or equivalent experience preferred.
• Proven organisational and communication skills.
• Knowledge of CRS system and NHS RTT guidance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate weekly multidisciplinary team meetings where diagnosis and treatment plans are decided.
• Provide high-quality administrative reports to clinical teams.
• Escalate when next steps delay diagnosis or treatment.
• Analyze delays in patients’ pathways to support service improvement.
• Monitor and record outcomes at each stage of the patient journey.
• Follow up on actions and outcomes of the MDT at each stage.

Skills

Excellent organisational skills

Strong communication

Proactive

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

A-Level (or equivalent)

Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Access

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated MDT Team Lead to join our Specialised Cardiology directorate. This will include co-ordinating weekly multi-disciplinary team meetings where diagnosis is discussed and treatment planning decisions are taken, monitoring and recording outcomes at each stage and following up on all outcomes of MDT.

The MDT co-ordinator's post is to provide dedicated administrative support to Specialised Cardiology Performance and multi-disciplinary teams ("MDT"), working together to provide high quality care for patients. The post holder will be expected to be proactive in seeking feedback from clinical colleagues and initiate changes to team working practices to adapt to the CAGs priorities and the clinical team's requirements.

Key working relationships are with patients & carers, GPs and members of the internal administrative team and clinical teams including managers, administrators, nursing and medical staff, allied health professionals and support workers. They will frequently liaise with a range of staff internally across the sites/Trust and with partner and external NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

This is a key role with specific responsibilities to support the Lead Clinicians and multidisciplinary team in identifying patients for discussion at the weekly specialist MDT meetings. MDT coordinators may cover one or more MDTs, as deemed appropriate.

• Co-ordinating weekly multi-disciplinary team meetings where diagnosis is discussed and treatment planning decisions are taken
• Provide a high standard of administrative report to the clinical teams
• Escalating to Services when next steps in pathways may delay diagnosis or treatment
• Providing analysis of when patients are not treated on time, to support service improvement.
• Monitoring and recording the outcomes at each stage in the patient's journey with particular reference to pathway tracking
• Following-up on all actions / outcomes of the MDT at each stage of the patient's pathway.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Literate and numerate with a good level of education to A-Level (or equivalent) standard
• Educated to degree level or have equivalent experience

Experience

• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to communicate information clearly
• Excellent communication skills both face to face and by telephone
• Works well under pressure and does not allow deadlines to adversely impact on interpersonal communication or quality of work.
• Able to work on own initiative
• Works effectively as a member of a team
• Knowledge of a range of word processing packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
• Demonstrate Bart's Health vision, values and behaviours

Knowledge

• Knowledge of how to use the CRS system
• Knowledge of 18 week RTT guidance and clocks
• Knowledge and awareness of issues affecting NHS acute hospitals
• Understanding of NHS agenda

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.