Skull Base Mdt Assistant - London, United Kingdom - King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Neurosurgery team are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to undertake the role of MDT Assistant within our Skull Base team at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The role involves assisting the MDT Coordinator in the processing of referrals and preparation for the MDT meetings.

As a member of the Skull Base team, you will enjoy working closely with the consultants, specialist nurses, radiologists, secretaries and outpatient staff as well as dealing with members of the public on the telephone.

The role is very busy, so your skills should include excellent organisational, communication and administrative skills, alongside the ability to work as part of a team and prioritise work to meet deadlines.

The position provides the opportunity to work within a very supportive and welcoming team and to further develop your knowledge and skills within the NHS.

JOB SUMMARY

MDT Meetings preparation, support during meeting, delivery of actions after meeting
Updating Information Systems
Liaising with MDT teams to ensure good preparation for meetings, and actions from meetings are carried out
Patient Tracking and Navigation
Communication and coordination with MDTs of patient care pathway
Support MDT Coordinator team with meetings, as required

Principal Aims

The preparation of the MDT Meeting
The identification of patients and the provision of the required information for clinical discussion.
Working closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team clinical leads, members of the MDT and other members of the Coordinating Team to achieve aims of service.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites.

The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan.

In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.

Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Specific Responsibilities

The range of tasks will include:

To be responsible for the identification and correction of missing data
To meet deadlines as set by the MDT Coordinator and if necessary member of Neurosurgery team
To process Skull Base referrals in a timely fashion adding the details to multiple systems and requesting information as appropriate to support the patients' referral including requesting images to support the MDT.
To process rejections for the service with a template letter
To be responsible for the provision of timely and accurate information to other staff disciplines
To provide the MDT members with appropriately produced information
To liaise with Radiology, neurology outpatients and health records to ensure that patients information is uptodate on the patient information system
To provide general administrative duties to the multidisciplinary team to include ensuring adequate stocks of stationery are maintained and liaising with colleagues to ensure these items are ordered when required, photocopying, filing, basic clerical duties and distributing documents quickly and efficiently
To carry out followup on those patients discussed at the MDT ensuring, the treatment plan and all other relevant information is disseminated to relevant care providers and investigations, procedures and Outpatient appointments are made.
Answer telephone calls when coordinators are out of the office or when required and action appropriately.
Open and appropriately manage all post delivered to department, date stamp and action appropriately.
To provide cover for the Skull Base MDT Coordinator during planned or unexpected leave.
To carry out any other duties as required by the post