Mdt Assistant

7 days ago


Bedford, United Kingdom Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The post holder will be a member of the Cancer Team responsible for the administration of the out-patient pathway in line with national targets.

The post holder will be a member of the Cancer Team responsible for the administration of the out-patient pathway in line with national targets.

They will assist in collecting Cancer Waiting Time Data for their nominated site, focussing on the new 28 day target, using the tracking and electronic recording systems currently in use by the Trust, to ensure that patients do not breach any targets set currently or in the future.

To work as part of the Cancer Services Team to ensure cross cover, cover for periods of annual and sickness leave and continuity of service across all site-specific tumour MDTs, as directed by the MDT Co-ordinators.

To work strictly within the Government’s targets for outpatients and Choose & Book, ensuring patients pathways are in line with national targets.

To accurately record the data relating to outpatient pathway ensuring that all data is correct and up to date and ensuring that action is taken to amend any data errors.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Please review all documents attached to this advert to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

To book appointments in line with national guidelines.

To support the triage process and monitor timeliness of the Consultant’s triage in all services.

To work with the diagnostics services when booking Straight to Test Pathways

To assist with the process of “Bounce Back” of referrals that are incomplete.

Communicate with patients, colleagues, internal and external contacts in a courteous, professional and timely manner at all times by various methods, i.e. telephone, written, face to face.

To assist in the daily monitoring of performance against agreed Waiting Time Targets for diagnosis and treatment for patients on a Cancer pathway, as directed by the MDT Co-ordinators.

To support the MDT Co-ordinators to manage and track the patient through every stage of the patient pathway on a daily basis, to ensure that diagnostic tests and any subsequent treatments are achieved within the targets, as directed by the MDT Co-ordinators

To develop an understanding of the Cancer Waiting Times Targets to ensure that the 28/31/62-day targets are met.

To develop a knowledge and understanding of patient pathways for allocated tumour site/s.

To assist with the checking of outcomes of patients attending outpatient clinics via Two Week Wait referrals and progress the booking of any required tests within deemed timescales, as directed by the MDT Co-ordinators.

To assist in the daily monitoring of performance against agreed Waiting Time Targets for diagnosis and treatment for patients on a Cancer pathway, as directed by the MDT Co-ordinators including liaising with Radiology and Outpatients booking to ensure optimal pathway for the patient.

To support the MDT Co-ordinators to manage and track the patient through every stage of the patient pathway on a daily basis, to ensure that diagnostic tests and any subsequent treatments are achieved within the targets, as directed by the MDT Co-ordinators

To support the MDT Co-ordinators to escalate patients appropriately to ensure that diagnostic tests and any subsequent treatments are achieved within the targets, as directed by the MDT Co-ordinators

To support the MDT Co-ordinators in the early identification of potential breaches in relation to treatment or patients delayed in diagnostic pathways and to support in the escalation of such issues to the MDT Co-ordinators (or in their absence, the Cancer Services Manager) to enable relevant actions to be taken to overcome problems with meeting targets


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