Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Services
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hours may vary from 7am - 7pm, dependent on the tumour site, week day's only)
- Job ref
- 320-TWS-1683
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Derby Hospital
- Town
- Derby
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/07/2024
Employer heading
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MDT Co-ordinator
Band 4
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.
Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;
Job overview
1 x Derby post available
We are looking for someone who is passionate about Cancer Services, and delivering improved outcomes for our patients.
You must be able to organise and prioritise your own workload to meet the requirement of the team. Have the ability to function and communicate effectively as part of a team, the ability to exercise sound judgement in relation to problem solving and identifying situations requiring further advice.
The successful candidate will have experience of identifying and rectifying data quality issues and introducing procedures to rectify problems areas, experience of handling highly sensitive information and knowledge of the NHS long term plan, National CWT dataset and COSD (Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset).
The role requires a high level of data accuracy to meet deadlines and to ensure high standards of service are maintained. You will need strong typing skills and an ability to type under pressure in a live meeting.
Hours could possibly be from 7.00 am start - 7.00 pm finish - depending on your Multi-Disciplinary Team and the numbers of patients for discussion for that week.
This would only be on your MDT day. Usual office hours are between 8am-6pm with flexibility and during week day's only.
Main duties of the job
The Multi-Disciplinary Team Co-ordinator, although not a patient facing role, plays a major part in the overall patient experience and journey.
You should have excellent communications skills, be effective in working closely with clinical and non-clinical staff and have a flexible and patient centred approach.
You should also have previous admin experience, ideally with experience of working with databases and understanding data collecting processes.
You will be responsible for the monitoring, reporting and tracking of all patients, with either suspected or diagnosed cancer, ensuring the patient's journey is processed and administered in a timely efficient manner in line with clinical guidance and the National CWT (Cancer Waiting Times) monitoring dataset guidance.
You will also work as part of the MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team) to ensure the cancer patients experience is central to every stage of the journey.
Closing date of applications: 4 July 2024
Interview date: 18 July 2024
Working for our organisation
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Communication & relationships
Essential criteria
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in team
- Ability to work on own initiative and unsupervised
- Enthusiastic and committed to service improvement
Knowledge & training
Essential criteria
- Excellent word processing and spreadsheet skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel
- GCSE or equivalent in English at grade C or above
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of medical terminology
Analytical & judgemental
Essential criteria
- Ability to exercise judgement
Planning & organisational
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities, organise workload effectively and to meet deadlines
- Well organised and able to produce accurate and timely work with particular attention to detail
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Keyboard skills
Policy & service
Essential criteria
- Work in a confidential manner at all times
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amandeep Kaur
- Job title
- Cancer Centre Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07385493328
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