Cancer MDT Team Leader - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Cancer Services team at Birmingham Children's Hospital for a Cancer MDT Team Leader. As an integral part of the Cancer Services team, you will provide support and leadership to the paediatric MDT and cancer data management function, ensuring all MDTs run smoothly and be responsible for all aspects of mandated data collection and reporting. Please note this post is to provide maternity cover either as fixed term or as a secondment.

Main duties of the job

Based at Birmingham Children's Hospital, the Cancer MDT Team Leader will be responsible for the day-to-day management of MDT and cancer data management staff. As a key member of the Cancer Services team, the postholder will both support and oversee the co-ordination and administrative management of Multidisciplinary (MDT) team meetings within paediatric oncology and haematology, ensuring outcomes are recorded accurately for children, teenage and young adult cancer patients and all cancer pathways are monitored in accordance with national guidelines. The postholder will be responsible for the collection of data for all mandated cancer datasets including Cancer Waiting Times performance targets (CWT), Cancer Outcomes and Services datasets (COSD), Systemic Anti-Cancer Dataset (SACT) and Specialised Services Quality Dashboards (SSQD).

The postholder will establish key working relationships with MDT Lead Clinicians and all members of the administrative and clinical teams including nursing and medical staff, allied health professional and support workers as well as liaising with a range of staff internally across the Children's Hospital and with external NHS Trusts.

The postholder will also be responsible for reporting on cancer information both within and external to the Trust and will work closely with operational colleagues to ensure that paediatric cancer patients receive treatment in accordance with local and national targets.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable