Mdt Coordinator

The Cardiology department is looking for an experienced administrator to join the team as the MDT Coordinator for the service on a full-time, permanent basis.

You will ensure that all patients in the Cardiology department pathways are pro-actively tracked through the appropriate patient pathway from referral to admission for the Trust. In addition, you will provide administrative and informational support for the multi-disciplinary teams, working closely with the Clinical Lead, Service Manager, clinical teams, audit staff and cardiology services.
- Referrals are actioned in accordance with Trust standards/procedures, as a result of the MDT meeting outcome.
- Liaising closely with Consultants, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Secretaries, and the radiology department, as well as referring hospitals to the Trust, to identify which patients are to be discussed at MDT meetings.
- Where clinical information is lacking, and preventing the patient from being presented at the MDT meeting. Liaise with the referring hospital to ensure that all relevant correspondence (CDs, x-rays, notes, diagnostic reports etc) are available for the meeting
- To ensure that the room is schedule for future meeting dates and prepared prior to the MDT meetings, venue is booked on an annual basis
- Produce the agenda for patients to be discussed at the daily MDT meetings, negotiating times with external consultants.
- Maintain an up to date attendance list
- Locate various tests results and ensure that they are available for meetings and triage of referrals. Patients are booked into the appropriate clinic at their referring hospital or listed for procedure following MDT, informing internal and external stakeholders.
- Arrange the migration of images

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart
- Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence
- Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration
- Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

For further details, please refer to the attached job description and person specification, available to download at any time.