Cancer MDT CoordinatorNHS

Job summary

Cancer MDT Coordinator Band 4 | 37.5 hours per week | 6-month fixed-term contractLocation: Wexham Park Hospital

Are you organised, proactive and passionate about delivering excellent patient care? Are you looking for an opportunity to make a real difference to the experience of patients living with cancer?

Join our friendly and dedicated Cancer Services team at Frimley Park Hospital, where you will play a vital role in helping patients navigate their cancer care journey, ensuring they receive timely, coordinated and effective care.

Our busy Cancer Services department works closely with tumour-specific Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) to support patients from referral through to treatment. As a Cancer Pathway Coordinator, you will be at the heart of this process, helping to ensure patients progress through their care pathways within nationally agreed timescales.

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and proactive individual who enjoys working collaboratively, solving problems and making a positive impact.

You will take responsibility for tracking and coordinating patients throughout their cancer pathways, proactively identifying potential delays and working with clinical teams to resolve issues promptly.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating patient pathways
• Monitoring cancer waiting times
• Supporting MDT meetings
• Maintaining accurate data
• Working collaboratively
• Driving improvement

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for documenting and monitoring patients' cancer pathways to ensure accurate information is entered into the Cancer Tracking Database (Somerset Cancer Register), read and interpret clinic letters to determine patients' next steps, and escalate any delays in the pathways.
• Attending MDT and PTL meetings.
• Recording MDT outcomes as required.
• Provide cover to other MDT Co-Ordinators during periods of annual leave.
• This post does not have any line management or budgetary responsibility.
• The post holder will work as part of the Multidisciplinary Team's (MDT's) to ensure Cancer patient and carer experience is central to every stage of the patient journey.
• The post holder will ensure the MDT meetings run effectively, are well structured, all cancer patients discussed and the whole patient journey recorded on Somerset Cancer Register, including Cancer meetings.

Job description

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

About us

Visa Sponsorship:This position is not eligiblefor Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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