Mdt Coordinator - East Grinstead, United Kingdom - Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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East Grinstead, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Cancer Services team at the Queen Victoria Hospital as a part time MDT Coordinator.

The MDT Coordinator is an essential part of the whole team providing high quality and prompt care to cancer patients.


The individual is responsible for the smooth running and efficiency of the MDT meetings; including preparation for meetings, tracking and chasing up on progress of cancer patients' diagnostic and treatment steps, timely and accurate collection of cancer data, and ensuring outcomes are followed up after MDT meetings.


We are looking for an individual to join our team who is organised, has attention to detail, good inter-personal and communication skills, and is enthusiastic and proactive in their approach to work.


Working days:
Thursday and Friday


Main duties include:


  • Provision of an effective MDT coordination service for the specified speciality/ties
  • Support and deliver the MDT meetings
  • Maintain and update patient records on appropriate databases
  • Collate required data for monthly reports to monitor cancer waiting times
  • Proactive management and tracking of the patients' pathways


This role is crucial in the tracking and management of all patients who are on suspected cancer pathways within the relevant disease site.

The post-holder must be able to work independently and follow the policies and procedures for the department. The post-holder will be expected to use their own initiative and keep their line manager and senior colleagues informed.


This is a role with lots of variety and ad hoc demands and the post-holder must possess excellent time management and planning skills.

Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC.

A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.

A centre of excellence, with an international reputation for pioneering advanced techniques and treatments. Everything we do is informed by our passion for providing the highest quality care and the best clinical outcomes.


At QVH we are proud of our achievements and our specialist services continue to record excellent clinical outcomes for patients.

We regularly receive excellent results from patient satisfaction surveys and on average 98% of inpatients say they would recommend the hospital to their family or friends.

Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.

  • Coordinate the list of patients identified to be discussed at the Local and Specialist Skin Multidisciplinary Team meetings. This may involve identifying and adding incidental findings to the list, checking pathology and imaging results/reports.
  • Ensure action plans are produced and recorded for each patient discussed at the MDT meetings (within specified time scales).
  • Monitor Cancer Patient Target List (PTL) on a daily basis to ensure that patients are not exceeding the cancer waiting times standards.
  • Track and investigate patients along their care pathway to ensure achievement of cancer waiting times targets.
  • To communicate effectively with QVH staff at all levels and liaise with offsite staff and other tertiary health providers to ensure the required data is collected and reported according to national and local deadlines.
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