Cancer Pathway Tracker

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom North Middlesex University Hospital Full time

Job overview

This post is based in the Cancer Performance Team and full training will be provided on all aspects of managing cancer 2 week wait referrals, tracking patients through their tests and appointments to enable the team to determine if patients have cancer or not. This is an admin based role in a busy service and would suit people who like to be busy and are interested in providing a high level of customer service to internal and external stakeholders.

Main duties of the job

The opportunity has arisen for a full time Band 3 MDT Tracker within the Cancer Performance Team at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust. 

The role is administrative and will require great organisational skills and attention to detail as well as excellent communication skills. You will regularly liaise with clinicians and admin staff. There is a full training package accompanying this role. You will need to be able to cope well under pressure, show initiative and work well as part of a team.

The MDT Tracker works with the MDT Coordinator to ensure that all patient pathways are mapped and followed up appropriately. They also work closely with the Cancer Performance Manager and Service Managers in ensuring collection and management of the national cancer minimum data sets for all patients.

Previous experience of office/admin duties including Microsoft software packages such as Excel and working within the healthcare setting is essential. We will require references from your current and previous employer(s). Please ensure that the reference section of your application is completed appropriately giving the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current and previous line manager(s). If this section is not fully completed your application may not be processed.

Working for our organisation

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.

Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing.

We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To co-ordinate the work of the multidisciplinary team to ensure there is effective co-operation between departments and directorates involved in the delivery of cancer services. As part of the multidisciplinary team, the post holder will be required to engage with and work alongside healthcare professionals and administration staff working across the patient journey. The post holder will be expected to liaise closely with the relevant project managers and service managers to assist in the provision of an efficient and responsive service required to support Consultants and their medical team, and to ensure the provision of a patient pathway, which is receptive to the needs of the patient and responsive to Trust requirements.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to first degree Two years equivalent experience with NHS. Understanding of the National Guidelines and cancer standards targets Working experience as cancer MDT co-ordinator Excellent IT skills – email, internet, Microsoft Office and databases Excellent analytical, numerical and presentation skills

Desirable criteria

Management of complex clinical information Understandings of data protection and apply this knowledge when working across organisations within the cancer network.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of running and maintaining computerised databases Excellent word-processing and spreadsheet skills, including Microsoft word and exce Strong interpersonal and organisational skills Strong interpersonal and organisational skills

Desirable criteria

Understanding of multidisciplinary working Knowledge experience of working with medical records Experience of working in the field of clinical audit NHS Experience Basic knowledge

Skills and Abailities

Essential criteria

Ability to attend to detail and accuracy Ability to work consistently with minimal supervision. Ability to work well as part of a team

Other attriubtes

Essential criteria

Flexibility within work requirements Dependable and reliable

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of NMUH.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your  identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit

NMUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of NMUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

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By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.

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