Post Acute COVID Assessment Service -MDT Co-ordinator

Job summary

We have a new and exciting opportunity within the Specialist Respiratory team for a MDT Co-ordinator, band 4 within the Post Acute COVID Assessment Service (PACAS).

This role is part of an NHS England incentive to provide specialist multidisciplinary support to patients experiencing long term health effects following COVID-19 infection.

The successful candidate will include providing administrative support to the Clinical team and ensuring all MDT preparation is completed in advance of the weekly MDT meetings.

All patients pathways will need to be monitored and the post holder will need to ensure any actions from the MDT are actioned. It is also an opportunity to support gathering information on patient experience via friends and family feedback and provide data to support compliance with this national programme.

The successful candidate will need to have strong organisational and effective time management skills.

In return we offer a rewarding role that offers challenge but also support from your team manager with training opportunities identified and offered in order to support your ongoing development and the chance to be a part of an exciting and dynamic team.

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference then we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

1. To have an understanding of patients' individual needs and personalised plans of care for Post Acute COVID patients following review from the clinical teams ensuring multi-disciplinary, patient centred care.
2. Ensure PACAS MDTS run smoothly and all papers pre and post MDT are complete
3. Ensure appointments are coordinated according to MDT recommendations, minimising the number of patients hospitals visits as appropriate.
4. Monitor investigations and tests to ensure they have been completed and results/reports are available prior to appointments and consultations and MDT meetings with the clinical team.
5. Communicate with the clinical team to monitor the progress of all patients according to the Post Acute COVID Service Pathways in line with local and national standards whilst identifying and minimising any delays.
6. Promote effective inter departmental relationships with departments to ensure the Post Acute COVID patient journey is efficient and effective.
7. Support the work of colleagues in the Multidisciplinary Team.
8. Work with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to identify and develop administrative processes within the Post Acute COVID Service in Specialist Respiratory.
9. Monitor and review patient waiting lists, ensuring patients are booked into the appropriate outpatient clinical setting as per Standard Operating Procedure.

About us

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.