Cancer Performance MDT Coordinator

Contract: Secondment: 12 months: Monday- Friday. 37.5 hours per week

The post holder will work closely with the Cancer Manager/Head of Performance and will lead on a number of key service delivery areas within Cancer. The post holder will be expected to exercise initiative, prioritise conflicting work demands and communicate effectively with the operational team, as well as internal and external departments, to ensure we continue to achieve excellence in patient care. This requires the ability to achieve objectives by influence and persuasion.

Main duties of the job

1. To liaise and communicate effectively with named MDT coordinators in other Trusts to ensure the efficient transfer of patients between organisations to maintain shared responsibility for national cancer targets and to facilitate discussion at the weekly cancer site specific network meetings for specialist discussion.
2. To ensure that the data for the NHS National Waiting Times Standards for the 14, 31 and 62 day targets is collected, monitored and performance managed prospectively for reporting on a weekly basis; liaising with MDT membership and the cancer managers to ensure compliance with the targets. The cancer targets are in line with national and Trust corporate objectives.
3. To maintain and improve accurate data collection across each cancer patient pathway, developing processes for the collection of national cancer datasets for each cancer speciality using the Somerset Cancer Register.
4. To assist in the production of weekly reports for submission to the Department of Health, NHS England, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Specialist Commissioning and NMUH Clinical teams as required.

About us

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London's busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.

Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients' wellbeing.

We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.

Job responsibilities

1. Prepare the lists of patients for discussion at each cancer weekly multidisciplinary meetings (MDT), requiring communication with cancer services managers, medical secretaries, cancer site lead consultant, surgeons, histopathologists, radiologists, cancer nurse specialists, physicians, oncologists, medical secretaries, surgical admissions, medical records, and the x-ray library to collate the relevant information for discussion as per MDT operational policy.
2. To ensure the NHS cancer waiting times data for the 14, 31 and 62 day targets is collected, monitored and performance managed prospectively for reporting on a weekly basis. Liaising with MDT membership and the cancer managers to ensure compliance with the targets.
3. To identify potential cancer waiting times breaches with the cancer manager and clinical teams and effect change to ensure compliance with the targets and appropriate escalation of potential breaches.
4. Lead in the development of operational processes for each cancer MDT with the core members and the cancer services managers to agree the management and facilitation of the weekly meeting. Influence and lead on the ongoing review of these processes.
5. To work with the NMUH cancer services managers, clinical teams, and regional and national colleagues to collect the relevant national and locally required data and to ensure the data output of the cancer register is in line with Trust and team requirements.

Person Specification Education & Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience within the NHS
• Understanding of the National Guidelines and cancer standards
• Working experience as cancer MDT co-ordinator
• Management of complex clinical information
• Excellent skills working with CareFlow, Somerset cancer specialist software, ERS
• Understanding of data protection and apply this knowledge when working across organisations within the cancer network.
• Knowledge of hospital patient administration systems, pathology, imaging and other clinical databases
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability and confidence to liaise with clinical staff and managers at all levels on various matters including clinical information and data collection using all communication methods.

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent knowledge of computerised databases and Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of cancer and its management with an ability to gain skills and knowledge in a rapidly changing field
• Understanding of the NHS Cancer Strategy, cancer waiting time targets
• Knowledge of cancer waiting times targets
• Experience of working in an office environment
• Experience/knowledge of issues of working with confidential information

Personal Qualities

• Team player in large team
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet tight deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills
• Managerial Skills

Experience

• Excellent IT skills - email, internet, Microsoft Office and databases Excellent analytical, numerical and presentation skills
• Ability to interpret national guidelines i.e. cancer waiting times and communicate the trusts performance against these guidelines
• Knowledge of hospital patient administration systems, pathology, imaging and other clinical databases, Somerset, ERS
• Excellent organisational skills to coordinate weekly meetings and manage data collection
• Ability to prioritise and organise own workload effectively
• Ability to cope effectively when under pressure whilst continuing to work to tight deadlines

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

£31,081 to £33,665 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro-rata if LTFT)

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

391-NMUH A

Job locations

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust