Job summary
Are
you a competent administrator ready for a new challenge? Do you want to work in a role that can make
a real difference to cancer patients? If you enjoy working in a team and have
the drive and passion to help our patients, come and join our team, we have
exciting opportunities for highly motivated, flexible, and hardworking
individuals to join our Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDT) Cancer Administration
Teams. You will provide comprehensive
administrative support and will work closely with healthcare professionals. You will be required to prioritise your
workload and meet deadlines. It is
essential that you are highly organised and able to work on your own
initiative as well as part of a team.
As
part of the Corporate Cancer Team, we support and help our MDT cancer teams
to deliver quality and timely, patient focused cancer care. We are committed
to working in line with the values described in The Leeds Way to make work
rewarding as well as challenging.
MDTs
discuss and plan care for all patients with a diagnosis of cancer or a
suspected cancer. The post-holder will be expected to help prepare, organise,
and support MDT meetings to ensure patient pathways are progressed.
Expected Shortlisting
Date
08/09/2025
Planned Interview
Date
15/09/2025
Main duties of the job
The
role includes preparing, producing, and distributing lists of patients for
discussion at the MDT meeting and capturing accurate data during the MDT,
live typing to the patients medical record, and using medical terminology,
You
will play an important part in tracking the patient journey from the point of
GP referral to treatment and be responsible for ensuring that required
datasets are collated, and accurately entered, to comply with local and
national expectations and standards in terms of the Cancer Outcomes &
Services Dataset, Cancer Waiting Times, Chemotherapy and National Audit data.
(this list is not exhaustive).
The
post-holder must be able to demonstrate excellent organisational,
interpersonal and communication skills; work well under pressure and on their
own initiative. We require an individual with administrative experience,
competent IT skills and strong attention to detail.
We
encourage applicants to arrange a visit to our service prior to an interview.
About us
Join
our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision and
values.
We
are one of the largest acute providers in the UK and our cancer services are
provided locally, regionally, and nationally.
The
Corporate Cancer Team aims to be fair and supportive with positive caring
teams who are champions of the Leeds Way Values. Our values are what makes us different from
other trusts. Our values have been
developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work.
We
offer flexible working (once fully competent) and a range of staff benefits
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post-holder will be responsible for the provision of a full and effective
administrative and clerical support service to an MDT. He/she will also be
responsible for inputting data onto the cancer database [PPM] database system
and producing reports as required. The post-holder will be expected to
arrange and plan her/his own work on a day-to-day basis within the overall
demands and priorities of the department.
Please see the attached job description for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post-holder will be responsible for the provision of a full and effective
administrative and clerical support service to an MDT. He/she will also be
responsible for inputting data onto the cancer database [PPM] database system
and producing reports as required. The post-holder will be expected to
arrange and plan her/his own work on a day-to-day basis within the overall
demands and priorities of the department.
Please see the attached job description for further information.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Must be willing to attend relevant training courses
- Experience of organising meetings and taking minutes and/or live typing
- Knowledge of a wide range of administrative procedures including finance.
- A good awareness of and understanding of issues surrounding diversity and patient involvement
- Previous administrative/ clerical experience.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the NHS. Work experience in a health or social care setting.
- Personal or work experience of working with diversity e.g. disabled people, people from different cultures.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Competent in word processing - Collate patient lists for MDT meetings and subsequent distribution to relevant parties
- Use of spreadsheet packages (Excel is used in the department) and databases (Datix is used in the department). Undertake routine data collection from identified sources and data input into infoflex sy
- Ensure data quality; work to maintain system integrity and ensure accuracy of information obtained and inputted
- Good written and verbal communication skills with good command of spoken and written English and Numeracy
- Must be willing to work within the Trusts policies e.g. confidentiality, data protection, health and safety etc.
- Attend staff meetings to keep abreast of departmental and trust business.
- Assist cancer MDT assistant and cancer information officer with the information requirements of the team
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to principles of equality and diversity.
- Commitment to delivering quality services. Importance of maintaining confidentiality.
- Honesty and integrity. Well organised, able to prioritise and to work on own initiative.
- Able to work effectively as part of a small team. Good interpersonal skills and able to relate effectively to a wide range of people.
- Personable, patient, sensitive and flexible. Willing to learn new skills.
- Uphold patient confidentiality according to relevant legislation, e.g. Data Protection Act.
- Work to agreed timescales for the completion of tasks. Respond to work setting and deadlines prescribed by the cancer information officer.
Desirable
- The ability to communicate in an ethnic minority language and/or in British Sign Language would be a bonus.
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE in English and Maths
Desirable
- Basic computer/typing qualifications
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Must be willing to attend relevant training courses
- Experience of organising meetings and taking minutes and/or live typing
- Knowledge of a wide range of administrative procedures including finance.
- A good awareness of and understanding of issues surrounding diversity and patient involvement
- Previous administrative/ clerical experience.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the NHS. Work experience in a health or social care setting.
- Personal or work experience of working with diversity e.g. disabled people, people from different cultures.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Competent in word processing - Collate patient lists for MDT meetings and subsequent distribution to relevant parties
- Use of spreadsheet packages (Excel is used in the department) and databases (Datix is used in the department). Undertake routine data collection from identified sources and data input into infoflex sy
- Ensure data quality; work to maintain system integrity and ensure accuracy of information obtained and inputted
- Good written and verbal communication skills with good command of spoken and written English and Numeracy
- Must be willing to work within the Trusts policies e.g. confidentiality, data protection, health and safety etc.
- Attend staff meetings to keep abreast of departmental and trust business.
- Assist cancer MDT assistant and cancer information officer with the information requirements of the team
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to principles of equality and diversity.
- Commitment to delivering quality services. Importance of maintaining confidentiality.
- Honesty and integrity. Well organised, able to prioritise and to work on own initiative.
- Able to work effectively as part of a small team. Good interpersonal skills and able to relate effectively to a wide range of people.
- Personable, patient, sensitive and flexible. Willing to learn new skills.
- Uphold patient confidentiality according to relevant legislation, e.g. Data Protection Act.
- Work to agreed timescales for the completion of tasks. Respond to work setting and deadlines prescribed by the cancer information officer.
Desirable
- The ability to communicate in an ethnic minority language and/or in British Sign Language would be a bonus.
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE in English and Maths
Desirable
- Basic computer/typing qualifications
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.
