AOS MDT Co-Ordinator

Job summary

The Acute Oncology MDT Co-Ordinator is a front facing operational role to support the smooth running and efficiency of the Acute Oncology Service. The post holder will work collaboratively as a member of the Velindre Cancer Centre Acute Oncology Service and across the South East Wales Health Board AOS team to ensure a smooth pathway for patients presenting with oncological emergencies, ensuring that the VCC team is provided with high level daily administrative support.

They will provide a range of administrative support to the teams working within AOS at the Cancer Centre linking with cancer site specific multi-disciplinary teams. This will include working as part of a team to coordinate and capture discussions, ensure conclusions are documented and communicated between organisations including VCC, LHBs and primary care. They will also be responsible for collating data and maintaining spread sheets and databases to allow evaluation of the service and its development moving forwards.

Main duties of the job

Patient pathway management is a key aspect of this role and will involve working with day units, outpatients, and all clinical areas to support clinicians in their management of patients presenting with acute clinical problems. This will include collaboration and liaison with consultant medical staff, ward/departmental staff and other CNS's, Palliative Care, Primary Health care teams, colleagues within the wider cancer network and other centres to provide seamless methods of working. The post holder will also be key in co-ordinating the pathway for patients presenting with MSCC (Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression) who require emergency Radiotherapy at VCC and ensuring that transport to and from VCC and treatment is organised efficiently and effectively.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

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