MDT Coordinator
Job Description
Job summary
PLEASE NOTE: PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT REAPPLY
Band 4 MDT Coordinator
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the busy but rewarding Cancer Pathways Team.
The successful applicant will be responsible for providing administration support for the Harm Review Process alongside the management and oversight of a tumour site, ensuring patients receive the best possible care and experience through their cancer pathway.
Working closely with many clinical and non-clinical professionals, the successful candidate will work autonomously to deliver excellent care and support to their colleagues.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will specifically be responsible for providing administration support for the Harm Review process.
The post holder has responsibility for ensuring that the patient cancer pathways are monitored in accordance with the government national cancer waiting times targets. The Post holder will have responsibility for actively escalating any patient that is at risk of breaching and having an up to date knowledge of all the patients on the urgent suspected cancer pathway.
The post holder has responsibility for coordinating and organising the activities of the Multidisciplinary Teams (MDT) and team meetings. This will include liaising with all the departments that are involved in providing care and core services to cancer patients.
About us
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" values: Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE Level C or above in English & Maths
Desirable
- Educated to Degree Level Standard
Experience
Essential
- Experience of priortising and managing busy workload
- Experience of IT Systems and Data Entry
Desirable
- Experience of working within NHS
Skills
Essential
- Awareness of Cancer Targets
Desirable
- Use of hospital based computer systems
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
