Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Co-ordinator Maternal Medicine

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fixed term or seconded 12-month Band 4 Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) -coordinator for the maternal medicine centre at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (Preston).

You will support the lead obstetrician for the Maternal Medicine Centre (MMC) at the Royal Preston Hospital, which is one of 3 within the Northwest Maternal Medicine Network (MMN). The purpose of the MMC is to enable collaborative work between obstetricians/obstetric physicians and midwives to provide clinical leadership and improve the care of women who are pregnant and have acute or chronic medical conditions.

You will be responsible for the coordination and facilitation of the weekly Lancashire and South Cumbria Maternal Medicine MDT hosted by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, ensuring all meetings run effectively and are well structured, following the appropriate governance structure.

You will require excellent communication skills and a professional attitude.

If you are keen for a new challenge and wish to be part of an evolving new service, then please apply for this opportunity. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss this further-

For an informal discussion contact Lisa.cook@ lthtr.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the coordination and facilitation of the weekly Lancashire and South Cumbria Maternal Medicine MDT hosted by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, ensuring all meetings run effectively and are well structured, following the appropriate governance structure.

Further duties include:

  • providing administrative support to the multi-disciplinary team meetings for the Maternal Medicine Centre (MMC) for Lancashire and South Cumbria, by preparing and maintaining all related documentation and information.
  • being the point of contact for referring units and coordinate attendance at the MDT meeting, as required.
  • ensuring that service users are discussed according to evidence-based protocols and are in line with the MDT operational policies.
  • ensuring plans and multi-disciplinary team decisions are recorded onto designated proformas, updated on the relevant digital systems, and feedback is provided to the referring Trusts where necessary.
  • input outcomes data into the local digital systems in a timely manner during the MDT or immediately after the MDT, ensuring data accuracy.

About us

We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Details

Date posted

10 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year Pro rata, per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-PB1828

Job locations

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HH


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Prepare and collate all the required documentation, including medical notes, required to support each meeting.
  • Attend the MMC MDT meetings, keeping comprehensive records of attendance and outcomes of the meeting, and distributing to relevant team members.
  • Ensure timely and accurate input of the outcomes of the MDT meetings to required parties.
  • Ensure that following the meeting all actions recommended by the team are followed up and that a record of the actions proposed has been filed in medical systems / records.
  • Facilitate the use of Teams/remote dial in as required by attendees to the MDT meetings, ensuring MDT cover during periods of annual leave.
  • Be responsible for and ensure that any appropriate follow-up actions from MDT meetings are carried out as identified by clinical teams
  • Ensure that administrative and clerical functions are carried out to the highest quality standards and in a timely manner.
  • Identify to the Specialist Midwife any areas of concern regarding the systems that allows the MDT to function effectively.
  • Undertake general administration support within the service, as required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Prepare and collate all the required documentation, including medical notes, required to support each meeting.
  • Attend the MMC MDT meetings, keeping comprehensive records of attendance and outcomes of the meeting, and distributing to relevant team members.
  • Ensure timely and accurate input of the outcomes of the MDT meetings to required parties.
  • Ensure that following the meeting all actions recommended by the team are followed up and that a record of the actions proposed has been filed in medical systems / records.
  • Facilitate the use of Teams/remote dial in as required by attendees to the MDT meetings, ensuring MDT cover during periods of annual leave.
  • Be responsible for and ensure that any appropriate follow-up actions from MDT meetings are carried out as identified by clinical teams
  • Ensure that administrative and clerical functions are carried out to the highest quality standards and in a timely manner.
  • Identify to the Specialist Midwife any areas of concern regarding the systems that allows the MDT to function effectively.
  • Undertake general administration support within the service, as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent including English and Mathematics.
  • Additional Customer Service or Administration qualification such as an NVQ Qualification.

Desirable

  • European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) Qualification or equivalent.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of MDT Coordination
  • Proven experience of working to tight deadlines
  • Problem solving techniques

Desirable

  • Working across organisational boundaries
  • Experience of working in the NHS
Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent including English and Mathematics.
  • Additional Customer Service or Administration qualification such as an NVQ Qualification.

Desirable

  • European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) Qualification or equivalent.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of MDT Coordination
  • Proven experience of working to tight deadlines
  • Problem solving techniques

Desirable

  • Working across organisational boundaries
  • Experience of working in the NHS

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HH


Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HH


Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Specialist Midwife for Maternal Medicine

Lisa Cook

lisa.cook@lthtr.nhs.uk

01772524730

Details

Date posted

10 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year Pro rata, per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-PB1828

Job locations

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HH


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