Cancer MDT Coordinator | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £34,089 - £41,498 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW10 9NH |
| Company: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6167524/289-CSS-1439 |
Summary
The post holder will be a member of the Cancer Services team that is specifically dedicated to supporting the streamlined pathway of cancer patients though the Trust.
The main purpose of the MDT Co-ordinator role is to support the clinical team and patient pathways at the Cancer MDT Meeting to ensure that the Trust meets the requirements of the national Cancer Waiting Time Standards. This will involve collecting data from a variety of sources and entering the data items into the Trust’s cancer database Somerset. The post holder will need excellent organisational and communication skills and a good attention for detail to be successful in the role.
The post holder will be responsible for arranging pre and post MDT meetings where required with clinical teams and liaising closely and supervising their band 4 tracker workload to ensure all patients receive the upmost care. The post holder will ensure that all patients progress through their pathway post MDT, ensuring all treatment plans and next steps are in place or escalated. The aim of an MDTC is to provide the highest quality of care to patients, and ensure they are being processed effectively and efficiently through the cancer pathway.
MDT Co-ordination
Work in line with the local operational policy for the specific tumour group which would include:
• Arrange, cover and co-ordinate the weekly/fortnightly/monthly MDT meetings for designated specialties to ensure they are run in accordance with the requirements of the national Manual of Cancer Services - this includes meetings outside of the main treatment MDTs, such as, Diagnostic MDTs.
• Ensure all areas of the MDT are prepped in line with the requirements of the MDT, Specific list needs, case note availability, imaging and all required documentation as well as arranging where required pre and post MDT meetings
• Ensure that all required COSD and Audit data is captured at the MDT meeting and transferred onto Somerset - this will include Staging Data, Performance scores, next steps and other vital data. Ensure prompts are issued at MDT when this does not occur.
Further duties are detailed in the attached JD
About the Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics. We’re one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff says they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection. Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.
We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.
The role is to support the Dermatology service at Chelsea and Westminsteter and West Middlesex as well as to support other tumour sites when required. The role is based over both Chelsea & West Middlesex Sites. Full detail of responsibilities can be found in the attached JD
This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Apr 2024