ILD MDT Patient Pathway Coordinator
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Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an independent, organised and motivated administrator to come and work as part of our busy Interstitial Lung Disease Unit!
About the team/department
Our specialist clinicians support and treat patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD). There is a positive and supportive culture within the department and the whole team works hard to ensure new members receive a warm welcome.
Main duties of the job
This role involves providing a high quality, patient focused, efficient and complete administrative to the Multidisciplinary team within the Thoracic and Ambulatory Directorate. There will be particular responsibility to proactively monitor and track patient pathways in order to ensure that patient journeys are processed in a timely and efficient manner in line with nationally and locally defined targets. The post holder will coordinate the weekly MDT which involves liaising with senior clinical and non-clinical staff both internally and externally as well as minute taking. The post holder will also have line management responsibility.
Key Skills Include:
The ability to communicate basic or sensitive information to colleagues, patients and relatives.
The ability to pay close attention to detail in written and electronic communication and information storage.
The ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high quality administrative support.
Ability to organise, prioritise and adjust own workload in relation to the priorities of the department on a daily basis.
Please note that you will not have face to face patient contact as part of this role.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge.
We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure. Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future.
Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today.
The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence and collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles and interactions.
Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality. The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
Date posted
11 May 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£23,949 to £26,282 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
C9175-2324-2-TH3844
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Harriet Currie
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