Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

MDT Co-ordinator Assistant

The closing date is 28 May 2025

Job summary

A vacancy has arisen for a Countywide MDT Co-Ordinator Assistant based at the Worcester Royal Hospital site. The post is a part time post 32.5 hours worked over 5 days. We are looking for a dynamic and motivated individual to work closely with and provide support to the MDT Co-Ordinators as part of the Countywide cancer services team. This would be ideal for someone who would like to gain more experience in the cancer field and gain he knowledge and experience to become a Cancer Patient Tracker or MDT Co-Ordinator.

Multidisciplinary cancer teams (MDTs) have evolved over the last few years with the remit to discuss and plan care for all patients with a diagnosis of cancer. The post-holder will be expected to support the team with the collection of the relevant pathology material for MDTs, import he relevant radiological material and ensure all relevant proformas and agendas are printed ready for MDTs.

Main duties of the job

To assist and give administrative support to the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Co-ordinators by ensuring that radiology reports are transferred into the relevant folder for the MDT meetings, pathology reports and slides are made available for the MDT meetings and ensure all appropriate proformas and agendas are printed and sorted timely for the MDT meetings.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

  • Best services for local people
  • Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
  • Best use of resources
  • Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Details

Date posted

14 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9365-25-0419

Job locations

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD


Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a training and development post in order to enhance to current MDT service and train the post holder into a competent MDT Co-ordinator or a Cancer Patient Tracker:

Responsibility for the printing of the agendas/lists for all MDT meetings

Ensure that all the relevant paperwork post MDT is all returned/scanned appropriately

Find and collate all pathology material required in preparation for the MDT meetings and return all materials used appropriately post meeting

Pull images from the PACS system in time for the relevant MDT meetings.

Actively track faster diagnosis PTLs and escalate any outstanding results letters to the relevant Directorate manager in a timely manner

Prepare the Colposcopy MDT

Ensure all relevant paperwork is taken to scanning promptly after each MDT meeting.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a training and development post in order to enhance to current MDT service and train the post holder into a competent MDT Co-ordinator or a Cancer Patient Tracker:

Responsibility for the printing of the agendas/lists for all MDT meetings

Ensure that all the relevant paperwork post MDT is all returned/scanned appropriately

Find and collate all pathology material required in preparation for the MDT meetings and return all materials used appropriately post meeting

Pull images from the PACS system in time for the relevant MDT meetings.

Actively track faster diagnosis PTLs and escalate any outstanding results letters to the relevant Directorate manager in a timely manner

Prepare the Colposcopy MDT

Ensure all relevant paperwork is taken to scanning promptly after each MDT meeting.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels within the organisation
  • Ability to work effectively in a team
  • Flexible approach to duties
  • Awareness of the importance of confidentiality and discretion

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Knowledge of specialist computer systems e.g. Oasis, SCR, CRIS, Winpath

Desirable

  • Good level of Education to GCSE standard

Experience

Essential

  • Previous office experience
  • Previous experience in working in the NHS

Other Job Requirements

Desirable

  • Ability to travel to other Trust sites within the county on occasion as required

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Proven ability to produce accurate work and to meet specified deadlines
  • Ability to use e-mail and the Internet

Desirable

  • Able to work on own initiative
Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels within the organisation
  • Ability to work effectively in a team
  • Flexible approach to duties
  • Awareness of the importance of confidentiality and discretion

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Knowledge of specialist computer systems e.g. Oasis, SCR, CRIS, Winpath

Desirable

  • Good level of Education to GCSE standard

Experience

Essential

  • Previous office experience
  • Previous experience in working in the NHS

Other Job Requirements

Desirable

  • Ability to travel to other Trust sites within the county on occasion as required

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Proven ability to produce accurate work and to meet specified deadlines
  • Ability to use e-mail and the Internet

Desirable

  • Able to work on own initiative

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Cancer Services Support Manager

Felicity Nicholls

felicity.nicholls1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

14 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9365-25-0419

Job locations

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD


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