Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to work within the MDT team as an MDT co-ordinator. This position is for a fixed term role for a period of 10 months for 37.5 hours per week across Monday - Friday, there may be a requirement for one to two early morning starts per week.
The successful candidate will require excellent organisational and communication skills, demonstrate the ability to work self-sufficiently, using their own initiative and be willing to be adaptable and flexible to meet the needs of the service. The individual must also have the ability to work well under pressure and have the desire to provide a first class service for patients and the clinical teams.
The overview of the role is:
- To act as a co-ordinator and provide administrative support to the multi disciplinary team, ensuring all new cancer cases are discussed
- Prepare and maintain all related documentation, pertaining to the smooth running of MDT meetings
- To assist in the site specific data collection processes, cancer waiting times and national cancer data sets and input on various information systems
Main duties of the job
- Co-ordinate weekly, fortnightly, monthly MDT meetings ensuring patient notes, radiologyreports and histology results are made available and any actions recommended at theMDT meeting are followed-up.o Ensure administration duties are carried out in accordance with site specific MDT's toinclude circulating lists of cases to be discussed, recording attendance at MDT, recordingof outcomes & summary report.o In liaison with CNS ensure the outcomes of the MDT meetings are recorded accuratelyand placed in patient notes.o Ensure cancer waiting times data is collected and recorded for each cancer siteresponsible for and adhere to deadlines.o Ensure site-specific data is collected on relevant databases, using identified datacollection processes, in agreement with the clinical teams
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
22 March 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£25,147 to £27,596 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-COR-6112969
Job locations
Wye Valley NHS Trust
County Hospital, Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Wye Valley NHS Trust
County Hospital, Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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