Cancer Waiting Times Patient Tracker, Band 3- MDT

Job description

Job responsibilities

- Using hospital databases, such as TRAK, CRIS, Medical Notes, Infoflex, EPR check appointment dates and outcomes for patients.

- Ensure the cancer database is updated in a timely and accurate manner to enable the clinical teams to meet the cancer targets.

- Working with MDT co-ordinators to ensure that all patients are proactively tracked from referral to treatment.

- Liaise with administrative and medical staff in various departments to ensure appointments are booked swiftly for patients in line with government targets.

- Ensure effective communication with nursing staff, medical teams and other co-ordinators in order to co-ordinate the effective and timely treatment of patients.

- Pro-actively escalate issues and delays in the patients pathway.

- Develop a basic understanding of the medical terminology and treatments for cancer in order to fully understand the patients pathway.

- Maintain close communication with the MDT co-ordinator updating him/her on a regular basis on work progress and alerting him/her of any problems that may result in a delay in the patients treatment.

- Input data into Infoflex to ensure timely uploads in line with target dates.

- Provide administrative support including collecting medical notes in preparation for MDT.

Audit

- Work with clinical teams to assist the MDT in collecting/recording data items for National Cancer Clinical datasets as required

Additional Responsibilities

- The post holder must at all times respect patient confidentiality and in line with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

- The post holder is an ambassador for the directorate and the Trust. His/her actions and conduct will be judged by stakeholders as an indication of the quality of the service provided by the directorate and Trust as a whole.

- Abide by all Statutory and Trust policies and procedures.

- Attend MDT Co-ordinator team meetings.

- Attend mandatory training courses as identified through supervision and individual performance review.

- Participate in individual performance review in regular supervision sessions as agreed.

- Assist with covering the MDT co-ordinators duties for annual leave/ sickness

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum NVQ level 3 or equivalent
• Computer literacy and experience of using Microsoft Word and Excel
• Database/Data Entry knowledge
• Good standard of general education

Experience

Essential

• Good attention to detail with ability to multitask

Desirable

• Good working knowledge of Hospital Patient Administration System
• Previous experience of the NHS, knowledge of cancer services or work with patient records and medical terminology
• Good communication skills at all levels within and outside the organisation
• Experience of working in a busy environment
• Communicating at all levels
• NHS experience

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential

• Good working knowledge of MS office
• Accuracy
• Confidentiality

Desirable

• Understand data and interpret

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide (Cheltenham and Gloucester)- Based at CGH

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NN

Employer's website

https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)