Cancer MDT Coordinator

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join and work with the Cancer Data Team.

The team plays a major part in the overall patient experience and journey. You will have excellent communication skills, be effective in working closely with clinical and non-clinical staff and have a flexible and patient centered approach. You will also have previous administrative experience, ideally with experience of working with databases and understanding data collection processes.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about cancer services and delivering improved outcomes for our patients. You must be able to organise and prioritise your own workload to meet the requirements of the role, have the ability to function and communicate effectively as part of a team, the ability to exercise sound judgement in relation to problem solving and identifying situations requiring further advice. You will be required to live-type in the meeting after fully trained and hence you need to be familiar with medical terminologies.

The role will require a high level of data accuracy, good organisational skills, and to be able to prioritise your own workload in order to meet deadlines and ensure high standards of services are maintained.

Main duties of the job

If successful, some of your duties will include:

Organise regular multi-disciplinary team meetings where all core members are in attendance and keep a comprehensive schedule of all team meetings.
Communicate to all core MDT members any cancellation or change in venue, date and time of meetings.
Arrange provisions for all MDT meetings that take place during lunchtime, alerting providers of any cancellation or change in venue and timetable.
Compile lists of patients to be discussed at the next MDT meeting in conjunction with CNS advice and clinicians' requests.
Prepare and circulate agendas prior to each MDT meeting.

You will be required to live-type in the meeting after fully trained and hence you need to be familiar with medical terminologies.

Ensure that all required medical notes and relevant diagnostic test results are available for the MDT meeting.

Prepare an MDT pro-forma for each patient to be discussed.

Prepare MDT meeting facilities and ensure radiology and pathology equipment is available and functioning.

Ensure that teleconferencing equipment is operational and facilitate its use during meetings that require multi-site video links.

Where appropriate to record patients discussed at MDT meetings on virtual clinics on EPR for financial accounting

Keep a register of attendance at each MDT meeting of all core and non-core members.

Ensure decisions, management and treatment plans are recorded on the MDT pro-forma and signed for appropriately.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Cancer MDT Coordinator role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSE English and Maths grade C and above or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of cancer waiting times - demonstrated in supporting statement

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of medical terminology - demonstrated in supporting statement and previous work experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in acute healthcare environment

Desirable criteria

• Experience of using hospital systems
• Previously worked in a team

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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