Job summary
Multi-Disciplinary Team Coordinator
Division: Planned Care
Care Group: Cancer Services
Band: 4
Salary: £25,147 - £27,596 per annum/pro rata
Interview date: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Please note this role is Fixed term/Secondment for 12 months
We are recruiting for a Multi-Disciplinary Team Coordinatorwho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting role within the Trust that will make a real difference to suspected and confirmed cancer patients. Excellent organisational skills will be required to ensure that patients are tracked and their progress is monitored. This will be undertaken by using a variety of hospital electronic data systems.
The successful candidate must be able todemonstrate attention to detail and have a thorough and methodical approach to their workloads.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
The NHS are striving towards "we work flexibly" as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be working in a Multi-Disciplinary Team environment, therefore must have excellent communication skills as they will be required to liaise with teams within Medway NHS Foundation Trust and other hospital sites.
Each tumour site specific Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) is responsible for the discussion and agreement of individual patients diagnosis and treatment plans.
The fundamental role of the MDT co-ordinator is to ensure that all cancer patients are discussed. Making sure that all relevant information is available and the recording of information relating to the meetings and to the individual patient occurs.
Specific responsibility for the monitoring of Cancer Waiting Times (CWT) targets.
To ensure the accurate and timely collection, input and production of required data items for tumour specific datasets to provide accurate MDT minutes and Priority Target Lists. Contribution to the peer review process and service improvement.
Please note, if you are considering applying for a role within the NHS it is important to be are aware that there will be a legal requirement for employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the 1st April 2022. This is applicable for all patient facing roles and roles within patient facing areas
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be working in a Multi-Disciplinary Team environment, therefore must have excellent communication skills as they will be required to liaise with teams within Medway NHS Foundation Trust and other hospital sites.
Each tumour site specific Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) is responsible for the discussion and agreement of individual patients diagnosis and treatment plans.
The fundamental role of the MDT co-ordinator is to ensure that all cancer patients are discussed. Making sure that all relevant information is available and the recording of information relating to the meetings and to the individual patient occurs.
Specific responsibility for the monitoring of Cancer Waiting Times (CWT) targets.
To ensure the accurate and timely collection, input and production of required data items for tumour specific datasets to provide accurate MDT minutes and Priority Target Lists. Contribution to the peer review process and service improvement.
Please note, if you are considering applying for a role within the NHS it is important to be are aware that there will be a legal requirement for employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the 1st April 2022. This is applicable for all patient facing roles and roles within patient facing areas
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 5 GCSE's equivalent including English Language and Maths
- NVQ / QCF level 3 in relevant subject or equivalent level of working experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Cancer Patient Pathways
- National Cancer Waiting Times standard
- Knowledge of medical terminology
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in an administrative role (cancer experience essential)
- Experience in working under pressure and to tight deadlines
Valued Based Question
Essential
- How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 5 GCSE's equivalent including English Language and Maths
- NVQ / QCF level 3 in relevant subject or equivalent level of working experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Cancer Patient Pathways
- National Cancer Waiting Times standard
- Knowledge of medical terminology
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in an administrative role (cancer experience essential)
- Experience in working under pressure and to tight deadlines
Valued Based Question
Essential
- How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
