Mdt/pathway Coordinator - Worthing, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

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Worthing, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

To ensure cancer patient pathways have the shortest possible waiting times from referral to diagnosis to treatment.

This includes providing administrative support for Cancer MDMs by identifying patients for discussion, producing and circulating a list of cancer patients prior to the MDM to be discussed, through communication with relevant clinical departments, pathology and radiology.

Be responsible for the proactive management of the patients pathway, from first outpatient appointment, through diagnostics, treatment planning and treatment, ensuring that the tracking process is documented and to highlight pathway issues to the Lead MDT Coordinator and Operational teams.

The Coordinator must be able to work under differing timescales and manage their own time to ensure the information is available.

To attend the MDM as part of the Core Team and to communicate complex information including patient history and diagnosis.

To record the attendance, treatment decisions, clinical history and staging discussed within the MDT meeting, both in the patients notes and via minutes.

Outcomes should be distributed to all members of the MDT.

To follow up with all departments the treatment decision; for example, ensuring outpatient appointment, investigations and surgery are arranged, or liaising with other Trusts for tertiary referrals.

To ensure patient information, such as radiology and patient records, are transferred to the next stage of the pathway.

The post holder will need to become aware of a number of different hospital procedures, such as how outpatient appointments and investigations are booked, referrals to other hospitals are made, etc, so the patient moves through their pathway as quickly as possible.

To monitor patients through their pathway and ensure that patients are brought back to the MDT for further discussion where necessary (i.e. after further investigations).

To be able to work independently without supervision.

They must be able to manage their workloads against agreed deadlines and use their initiative to resolve problems as and when they arise.

To take responsibility for potential breaches and attempt to resolve them directly before escalating to the appropriate operational manager or director.

To become familiar with the standard patient pathway for their own tumour site and in addition have a basic knowledge of other tumour sites and understand the processes and procedures relating to each tumour site to ensure adequate cross-coverage during periods of staff leave.