Senior Cancer Multi-disciplinary Team Coordinator

4 weeks ago


Bath, United Kingdom Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Senior MDT Coordinator will take overall responsibility for coordinating the administrative function of each MDT to ensure all patients suspected of having cancer are proactively tracked through the appropriate patient pathway from point of entry to the Trust, through their diagnostic staging and are subsequently discussed at an appropriate MDT meeting.

The Senior MDT Coordinator will manage a team of MDT Coordinators covering all tumour site MDTs. They will provide leadership to that team to ensure the complete accurate recording of data for all patients under the care of their tumour site, including those on the cancer Patient Tracking List (PTL). The Senior MDT Coordinator will supervise the daily running of the MDT Coordinator team, including the review of workloads, dealing with queries, coordinating annual leave / sickness absences ensuring there is cover where required, and overseeing issues in the office.

To act as the lead contact for any issues raised regarding the administrative function of the cancer multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings, working closely with Cancer Senior Support Manager, Cancer Clinical Leads, and associated MDT staff to formulate actions to mitigate and address the issues/concerns

To develop specialist knowledge of their assigned cancer site.

Prepare the lists of patients for discussion at each cancer weekly multidisciplinary meetings (MDT), requiring communication with cancer services managers, medical secretaries, cancer site lead consultant, surgeons, histopathologists, radiologists, cancer nurse specialists, physicians, oncologists, medical secretaries, surgical admissions, medical records, and the x-ray library to collate the relevant information for discussion as per MDT operational policy.

Lead in the development of operational processes for each cancer MDT with the core members and the cancer services managers to agree the management and facilitation of the weekly meeting. Influence and lead on the ongoing review of these processes.

To ensure the MDT Coordinators provide timely and accurate advice to the cancer clinical services to ensure that operational changes are made in order to avert breaches of national cancer waiting times targets that may compromise the Trust’s ability to achieve a high performance.

To ensure the NHS cancer waiting times data for the 28, 31 and 62 day targets is collected, monitored and performance managed prospectively for reporting on a weekly basis. Liaising with MDT membership and the cancer managers to ensure compliance with the targets.

To promote the understanding of cancer waiting time definitions by assisting the cancer services managers in training sessions.

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.



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