MDT Coordinator
| Posting date: | 13 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,147.00 to £27,596.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25147.00 - £27596.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 June 2024 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9249-24-0411 |
Summary
Responsible for the pro-active and effective administration and coordination of multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings in accordance with local Standard Operating Procedures, ensuring that all new, suspected and confirmed recurrent and relapsed diagnoses of cancer, and intended treatments for patients, are discussed at MDT meetings and that all required clinical information is available to inform discussions. Responsible for managing the tumour-site specific MDT Patient Tracking List (PTL) in accordance with national guidance (Improving and Sustaining Cancer Performance and Cancer Waiting Times) and ensuring that all patients pathways are pro-actively managed from the point of a suspected cancer through to the commencement of treatment. Responsible for ensuring that all outcomes of MDT discussions are recorded on the MDT proforma with an identified owner, and ensuring that actions are carried out/monitored and communicated to departments involved in the patient pathway, expediting appointments/activity where required to meet national Improving and Sustaining Cancer Performance Responsible for interrogating other Trust information systems (for example Medway) in order to pro-actively monitor individual patient pathways according to national 14-day, 31-day and 62-day access standards, expediting required events as appropriate and liaising with clinical teams and the Cancer Management Team regarding any irresolvable issues at the earliest opportunity. Responsible for providing administrative support to MDT meetings, including proforma production and communication of key outputs; collating, producing and distributing relevant MDT patient lists prior to each MDT meeting; ensuring sufficient timescales for pathology and radiology requests and other clinical information required; and recording all of this information on the Trust Cancer Database. Please see the attached Job description for full information.