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East and North Herts NHS Trust

MDT Coordinator and Pathway Tracker - Cancer Services

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Job summary

We are recruiting for a MDT Coordinator and Pathway tracker who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will facilitate the smooth running of the patient journey by ensuring that coordinated administrative processes are in place. This will include managing a PTL and facilitating MDT meetings.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

The MDT/Patient Pathway Coordinator will take the responsibility for patients referred by their GPs with a suspicion of cancer.

The Ideal candidate will have a good understanding of the NHS and Trust systems along with proven office skills which should include word and excel along with some understanding of medical terminology and the ability to type to be able to facilitate live data entry in MDT meetings.

The candidate needs to be able to work in a calm logical and methodical way whilst being able to multi-task in a busy environment and interact with people at all levels both internally and externally.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Details

Date posted

16 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-CAN-5693196-A

Job locations

Lister

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 5 GCSE or equivalent in English and Math
  • Excellent written and presentation skills
  • Computer literate
  • Excel, databases, word

Desirable

  • RSA 1/2 typing or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

  • Working knowledge of MS word, excel databases, creating, saving and printing documents and reports.
  • Basic knowledge of cancer and it's management
  • Knowledge of medical terminology

Desirable

  • Knowledge of infoflex
  • Knowledge of CRIS
  • Knowledge of PAS
  • Understanding the patient pathway of care through an acute trust setting

Experience

Essential

  • Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team environment with a varied range of staff form Consultant to clinic clerks
  • Ability to prioritize workload and work to tight deadlines

Desirable

  • Worked in the NHS or health related setting
  • Ability to use patient administration systems such as PAS, CLINiCOM, CRIS
  • Experience of cancer services within the NHS

Key Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to work methodically and accurately
  • Team player
  • Excellent verbal, written and numerical skills
  • Keyboard skills

Desirable

  • Understanding of cancer terminology
  • Ability to use and manipulate Trust I.T. systems across varied disciplines, pathology and radiology to identify patient information

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good time management and flexible in approach to work
  • Attention to details
  • Able to manage own time
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 5 GCSE or equivalent in English and Math
  • Excellent written and presentation skills
  • Computer literate
  • Excel, databases, word

Desirable

  • RSA 1/2 typing or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

  • Working knowledge of MS word, excel databases, creating, saving and printing documents and reports.
  • Basic knowledge of cancer and it's management
  • Knowledge of medical terminology

Desirable

  • Knowledge of infoflex
  • Knowledge of CRIS
  • Knowledge of PAS
  • Understanding the patient pathway of care through an acute trust setting

Experience

Essential

  • Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team environment with a varied range of staff form Consultant to clinic clerks
  • Ability to prioritize workload and work to tight deadlines

Desirable

  • Worked in the NHS or health related setting
  • Ability to use patient administration systems such as PAS, CLINiCOM, CRIS
  • Experience of cancer services within the NHS

Key Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to work methodically and accurately
  • Team player
  • Excellent verbal, written and numerical skills
  • Keyboard skills

Desirable

  • Understanding of cancer terminology
  • Ability to use and manipulate Trust I.T. systems across varied disciplines, pathology and radiology to identify patient information

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good time management and flexible in approach to work
  • Attention to details
  • Able to manage own time

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

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Assistant Manager Cancer Performance Team

Helen Rose

helen.rose10@nhs.net

01438284646

Details

Date posted

16 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-CAN-5693196-A

Job locations

Lister

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


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