Job summary
An opportunity has arisen within the Trust Cancer Flow & Performance Team for an Administrative and Patient Navigation service to the Cancer Multi-Disciplinary Teams.
The Cancer Flow & Performance Team are responsible for the collection, collation and reporting of nationally mandated cancer datasets. The team work closely with members of the cancer multi-disciplinary teams to prospectively manage patients along their cancer pathway, committed to achieving quality cancer services for all patients in accordance with national objectives and standards. Multi Disciplinary Teams (MDT) provide a specialist decision making process in a weekly meeting, reviewing all relevant diagnostic tests, radiology, histology and medical data in order to plan appropriate treatment for those patients diagnosed with cancer.
The MDT Administrator is an integral part of this team responsible for ensuring this happens in an organised fashion, liaising with all relevant departments, clinical and non-clinical personnel. The post holder will also be required to work with clinical teams and the supporting cancer information staff to capture and provide accurate and timely data to meet national standards. They will identify patients who may breach national cancer pathway standards and take appropriate action to negate this.
Please note this role does not have any patient contact and is purely administrative.
Main duties of the job
You will be a highly motivated and organised individual working autonomously for the majority of the time, supporting your clinical team by facilitating the weekly Cancer MDT meetings. You will ensure that all the relevant clinical documentation/reports are available to allow the team to have full discussion of patients' diagnosis and treatment options, which you are required to capture and record accurately within the Somerset Cancer Register so attention to detail is paramount. You will be required to live-type in the weekly Cancer MDT meetings so proficiency in typing is desirable.
You will have a knowledge of NHS systems, utilising these to collate the information required to support and navigate the cancer patient journey. You will develop knowledge of the various cancer tumour specific pathways and gain an understanding of the national standards relevant to cancer waiting times. This will enable you to monitor the patient journey. Using various reports, you will ensure that investigations are arranged in a timely way, expediting these on occasion to prevent patient breaches of the cancer waiting times standards. You will liaise with both clinical and non clinical members of staff both internally and externally to the organization so good communication skills are essential.
- Interview Date Friday 12 December 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week (Monday-Friday)
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
o Freeman Hospital
o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
o Newcastle Dental Hospital
o Newcastle Fertility Centre
o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
o Northern Genetics Service
o Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Coordinates the site specific MDT meeting
- Navigates the patients cancer journey ensuring this takes place in a timely fashion
- Ensure patient data is entered correctly and in a timely manner, producing reports as appropriate
- Effective liaison with departments within the Trust, developing efficient working relationships and promoting the effective use of information services
- To support the multi-disciplinary cancer team to implement the cancer waiting times targets
- Daily supervision and deployment of junior staff
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Coordinates the site specific MDT meeting
- Navigates the patients cancer journey ensuring this takes place in a timely fashion
- Ensure patient data is entered correctly and in a timely manner, producing reports as appropriate
- Effective liaison with departments within the Trust, developing efficient working relationships and promoting the effective use of information services
- To support the multi-disciplinary cancer team to implement the cancer waiting times targets
- Daily supervision and deployment of junior staff
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification / experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices
- Knowledge of a full range of administrative systems
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Prioritising workload
- IT experience in Microsoft Office packages: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Experience in communication with senior staff
- Experience of communicating with members of multidisciplinary team
- Experience of using hospital computer systems
- Previous experience of NHS working procedures
Desirable
- Knowledge of National Cancer Waiting Times Targets
- Have a broad understanding of the national cancer dataset
- Ability to source and collate information/data
- Ability to use databases
- Data management
- Knowledge of multidisciplinary meetings
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- IT/Keyboard Skills
- Ability to analyse data that has several components
- Ability to work with people at different levels, establishing working relationships with staff and across organisational boundaries
- Good verbal and communication skills
- Able to prioritise own work load
- Required to use VDU
- Able to work alone/in isolation when required
- Able to work as part of a team Ability to form relationships over the telephone and face to face
- Able to work under pressure
- Able to meet deadlines
Desirable
- Able to pass on knowledge to others
- Maintain a confident and approachable disposition
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification / experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices
- Knowledge of a full range of administrative systems
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Prioritising workload
- IT experience in Microsoft Office packages: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Experience in communication with senior staff
- Experience of communicating with members of multidisciplinary team
- Experience of using hospital computer systems
- Previous experience of NHS working procedures
Desirable
- Knowledge of National Cancer Waiting Times Targets
- Have a broad understanding of the national cancer dataset
- Ability to source and collate information/data
- Ability to use databases
- Data management
- Knowledge of multidisciplinary meetings
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- IT/Keyboard Skills
- Ability to analyse data that has several components
- Ability to work with people at different levels, establishing working relationships with staff and across organisational boundaries
- Good verbal and communication skills
- Able to prioritise own work load
- Required to use VDU
- Able to work alone/in isolation when required
- Able to work as part of a team Ability to form relationships over the telephone and face to face
- Able to work under pressure
- Able to meet deadlines
Desirable
- Able to pass on knowledge to others
- Maintain a confident and approachable disposition
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).
