Job summary
INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY
It's a great time to join our outstanding team at Royal Papworth Hospital! Rated Outstanding across all domains by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and consistently recognised as one of the best NHS Trusts for patient experience, Royal Papworth is the UK's leading specialist cardiothoracic hospital. Here, you'll find not only world-class care but also a vibrant, inclusive environment where your individuality is celebrated, and your professional growth is supported.
We are seeking a highly organised and motivated PEA Pathway & MDT Co-ordinator to join our Thoracic Directorate. This is a vital administrative role, supporting the Pulmonary Endarterectomy (PEA) service at our National Centre of Excellence.
Main duties of the job
As a PEA Pathway & MDT Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for the smooth and efficient management of administrative processes supporting patient pathways, multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings, and the flow of essential clinical information. Working closely with consultants, specialist nurses, and a wide range of stakeholders, your work will ensure that patients experience seamless, timely care.
Key responsibilities include:
*Coordinating and administering weekly MDT meetings, ensuring clinical information is complete and outcomes are actioned.
*Managing patient referral pathways to the PEA service, including liaising with external referrers and internal teams.
*Maintaining and updating patient information systems and databases (such as THOR, EMR, Lorenzo, and others).
*Supporting PEA Specialist Nurses administratively
*Producing accurate, timely reports and maintaining high data quality and compliance with Trust policies
*Cross covering Pulmonary Hypertension MDT colleagues where required
*Line management of band 3 colleague(s)
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 & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & 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 & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Excellent standard of written English
- English & Maths to GCSE standard
Desirable
- Administrative qualification at Level 3 such as NVQ or BTEC, or equivalent experience
- European Computer Driving License (ECDL)/ equivalent qualification or experience
Experience
Essential
- Able to speak to all levels of staff internally and externally with confidence, tact and diplomacy
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate basic and complex/ sensitive issues to colleagues, patients and relatives
- Evidence of continued learning and development
- Experience of setting up spreadsheets to record data for reports
- Experience of working with multiple teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate complex and sensitive issues
- Able to pay close attention to detail in written and electronic communication and information storage
- Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high quality administrative support
- Able to effectively organise, prioritise and adjust own workload in relation to the priorities of the department
- Able to make changes to own practice and offer suggestions for improving services
- Demonstrates personal duty of care in relation to the safe use of equipment and other resources
- Maintains the quality in own work and encourages others to do the same
- Ability to work freely and independently to negotiate and book patient admissions/ appointments
- Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
- To be proficient in Microsoft Office programmes including Word, Excel and Outlook
Desirable
- Previous experience in minute taking
- Previous experience of working in the NHS
- Previous experience of using Medical Terminology
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex data from a variety of sources
- Experience of undertaking project work
- Experience of producing reports from databases
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
- Ability to treat all employee and other hospital information confidentially
- Recognition of factors in maintaining own and others health, safety and security
- Supportive of equality and values diversity
- To be able to sit for long periods of time in a Call Centre setting with VDU + headphones
- Flexible approach to working hours (including the ability to work out of hours/ at weekends if required)
- Ability to apply the Trust's values and associated behaviour standard at all times
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Excellent standard of written English
- English & Maths to GCSE standard
Desirable
- Administrative qualification at Level 3 such as NVQ or BTEC, or equivalent experience
- European Computer Driving License (ECDL)/ equivalent qualification or experience
Experience
Essential
- Able to speak to all levels of staff internally and externally with confidence, tact and diplomacy
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate basic and complex/ sensitive issues to colleagues, patients and relatives
- Evidence of continued learning and development
- Experience of setting up spreadsheets to record data for reports
- Experience of working with multiple teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate complex and sensitive issues
- Able to pay close attention to detail in written and electronic communication and information storage
- Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high quality administrative support
- Able to effectively organise, prioritise and adjust own workload in relation to the priorities of the department
- Able to make changes to own practice and offer suggestions for improving services
- Demonstrates personal duty of care in relation to the safe use of equipment and other resources
- Maintains the quality in own work and encourages others to do the same
- Ability to work freely and independently to negotiate and book patient admissions/ appointments
- Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
- To be proficient in Microsoft Office programmes including Word, Excel and Outlook
Desirable
- Previous experience in minute taking
- Previous experience of working in the NHS
- Previous experience of using Medical Terminology
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex data from a variety of sources
- Experience of undertaking project work
- Experience of producing reports from databases
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
- Ability to treat all employee and other hospital information confidentially
- Recognition of factors in maintaining own and others health, safety and security
- Supportive of equality and values diversity
- To be able to sit for long periods of time in a Call Centre setting with VDU + headphones
- Flexible approach to working hours (including the ability to work out of hours/ at weekends if required)
- Ability to apply the Trust's values and associated behaviour standard at all times
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.
