Cancer Pathway and Mdt Coordinator - Sutton-In-Ashfield, United Kingdom - Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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We are currently looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Cancer Pathway and MDT Coordinator to join our Cancer Services team.

Cancer Services is part of the Corporate Division within the Trust.

A vacancy currently exists in the Department for a Cancer Pathway and MDT Coordinator.

The main duties include facilitating the development of robust data collection and validation systems, data entry, tracking patients through their pathways and supporting the effective administration of cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an established service that supports the Trust's cancer teams.

We use the Infoflex information systems to collect real-time data at regular MDT meetings and throughout the patients' referral, diagnostic and treatment pathways.

The data aids the clinical management of the patients and informs progress against national cancer waiting times targets.

Applicants must possess a sound basic education to GCSE level or equivalent with evidence to demonstrate the following:

  • Ability to work within a team framework
  • Accurate data entry skills
  • Good organisational and administration skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information at all times
  • Knowledge of clinical audit
  • A desire to increase personal skills


To provide support to the cancer teams by navigating and tracking of all patients diagnosed with cancer or suspected of having cancer along the clinical pathway, co-ordinating all hospital appointments, investigations and their treatment, whilst also identifying patients who may potentially breach national waiting time targets and Cancer Standards taking appropriate positive action to negate this possibility.


The Cancer Pathway and MDT Coordinator will coordinate and attend one or more MDT meetings, ensuring all necessary information is available at MDT meetings to enable clinical decisions to be made by the MDT, as well as be responsible for data input into the Cancer Wait Time record and National Cancer Audits.

Ensuring there is effective co-operation between departments and divisions involved in the delivery of cancer services.

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care.

We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.


For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

  • Responsible for monitoring and tracking referrals of all patients with diagnosed and suspected cancer. Ensuring all referrals are entered onto the Cancer Tracking Database
  • A working knowledge of complex cancer pathways following a range of procedures and practices.
  • Regularly required to have knowledge of complex clinical information and interpretation across clinical pathways for a range of specialities.
  • Identify other patients diagnosed with cancer from a variety of sources e.g. histology, MDT, Operation lists etc. Ensuring they are added to the Cancer Tracking Database.
  • Monitor and manage cancer waiting times by proactively identifying risks and take corrective actions to ensure the targets set out in The NHS Cancer Plan and Cancer Reform Strategy are not breached.
  • Support service improvement to streamline the patient journey and improve the quality of patient care.
  • Communicates with and receives complex information from the MDT Consultants, Lead Clinicians, Cancer Specialist Nurses and nonclinical staff to ensure all cancer patients including routine, emergency, 62 day classic, subsequent, screening and upgrade referrals are captured and included on the Cancer Tracking Database.
  • Negotiating with other members/departments of the Trust using persuasive skills to ensure that patient appointments are booked to meet National and Local waiting times targets as laid down in the NHS Cancer Plan. Liaise with clinicians and their secretaries regarding issues with clinic slots, cancelled clinics, and medical staff annual leave.
  • Negotiate appointments for tertiary referrals with other cancer pathway coordinators/trackers/navigators across the network to ensure national waiting times targets are met using the Trust's Tertiary referral procedure. This includes the receiving and sending of tertiary referral data.
  • Assist in developing action plans to prevent future breaches
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