Job Description

Cancer MDT Coordinator - Fixed Term



Full time - 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday, Band 4 AfC



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.



A vacant post is now available working with the Cancer Data department, at King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill.



King's is a leading cancer centre aiming to provide the best possible care to cancer patients. Cancer pathways at King's form part of an interlinked network of cancer care with partner Trusts and community services within the South East London network, and beyond for specialist services for rare cancers.



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.



King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of 1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.



We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.



King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.



Attend MDT meetings on a weekly basis. This may require being available for an early start, late finish or during lunchtimes. Provide administrative support for the MDT meetings. This includes producing and circulating lists of patients to be discussed. Ensure that all patients newly diagnosed or referred with cancer are discussed at the MDT in line with national guidelines. Liaise with clinical and administrative staff across departments to develop MDT meeting lists. Ensure that proformas for each patient to be discussed at the MDT are prepared, having identified all relevant existing clinical data. Organise the weekly multidisciplinary team meeting ensuring that notes, xrays, pathology slides and other relevant information is available when required. Ensure that action plan proformas for patients discussed are produced with agreed review dates as necessary. Log actions of meetings and be responsible for ensuring that such actions have been carried out. Ensure that outcomes of MDTs (management and treatment plans) are filed in the patient's notes. Take responsibility for alerting MDT members to any changes to the MDM time, venue or date. Be an active member of the MDT at weekly meeting - gather data/information and provide support to the clinical team e.g. what clinical information is available for review, use of database. To ensure all attendees sign attendance sheets at each meeting, maintain an electronic record of this to provide quarterly audit of this to the lead clinicians and Service Manager. To continuously develop routine working procedures with the MDT to ensure the timely collection of data and to facilitate data validation * To take part in MDT service improvement work including collection of data for analysis, mapping exercises and service redesign work.