Cancer Pathway Coordinator - Plymouth, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

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Plymouth, United Kingdom

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

PRIMARY DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Tracking Patients: To ensure daily tracking of patients along their cancer journey and to identify and escalate any delays or barriers. To manage the administrative pathway of patients and escalate according to the Cancer Waiting Times policy. To work cohesively with the administrative and managerial teams to ensure staff aware of patient delays. To prepare breach analysis reports.

MDT Meetings:
Ensure all patients are discussed at MDT meetings in line with the National Cancer Standards.

Ensure that all MDT decisions relating to the individual patients management plan are recorded on the MDT proforma and filed in the patients medical record and distributed to appropriate persons.

Liaise with relevant teams to ensure that all patient information is available for the effective functioning of the MDTs, including relevant medical records, radiology reports and histopathology results.

Liaise with Tertiary referring hospitals to ensure all information is available to allow discussion of Tertiary patients at the MDT.

Produce an agenda for each MDT meeting, collating a list of patients to be discussed and ensuring the agenda is distributed by the deadline.

Serve as a focal point for core and extended MDT members to refer patients to MDT meetings. Effectively manage and operate the video conferencing equipment within an MDT.

Data Collection:

Ensure accurate data is rapidly captured and recorded to meet the standards for the management of patients, and to fulfil the cancer information requirements, e.g.

National Cancer Dataset, Cancer Services Collaborative, Cancer Waiting Times, 2 Week Wait, etc. To be proficient in the use of CRIS, iLab and Somerset Cancer Register Systems. To understand medical terminology relating to cancer patients.

Validate data prior to upload to the national cancer waiting times database Facilitate collection of National Cancer Dataset and other clinical data by:

Collating information from proformas, case notes, clinics and MDT meetings Discussion with clinicians, secretaries and clinical nurse specialists Electronic retrieval of prospective and retrospective data from iPM, pathology (iLab), radiology (CRIS) and the oncology systems.

Produce audit reports for each tumour site and information reports, as requested, at local or national level.

Provide support to the MDT in the collation of information for the evidence folder required for the Peer Review visits.

Analyse Cancer Waiting Times data and liaises with members of the MDT and Cancer Services to identify potential delays in treatment.

General responsibilities:

Potential to work with the Cancer Services Strategy & Performance Manager to assist in projects to improve the patients pathway.

Attend meetings of the Local and National Cancer Network to ensure professional development, consistency of approach and peer support. Cover other Cancer Pathway Coordinators as required when they are absent.

Train and assist in the support of any staff (either Locum Bank or permanent) employed within the Cancer Services Team.

Develop appropriate systems to manage their own workload.

Identify / suggest new ways of working both within the Cancer Services Team and the Cancer MDTs. Work on their own initiative whilst bearing the overall service aims and responsibilities.

Develop good working relationships with both the Cancer MDTs and other key personnel within the Trust together with other members of the Cancer Services Team.

Ensure all administrative processes are dealt with in accordance with the Trusts APNs (Administrative Procedure Note) and/or the Cancer Services SOPs (Standard Operating Procedure).

Understand the Trusts Cancer Operational Policy and own responsibilities.

Maintains and monitors registers for MDTs and ensure all core and extended MDT members sign and date the MDT attendance register.