Cancer Pathway Navigator | Barts Health NHS Trust

An opportunity has arisen within Cancer Performance department for a motivated and dedicated MDT Coordinator support. Reporting to the MDT Coordinator and working closely with the Management and Clinical teams, the post holder will be responsible for ensuring that deadlines are met and that there is a pro- active co-ordination of cancer patient pathways to ensure appropriate treatment is received in line with national and local targets. The post holder will establish key working relationships with all members of the administrative and clinical teams including nursing and medical staff, allied health professional and support workers. They may manage local MDT meeting and will assist the MDTC in facilitating the tracking of ITT patients and surveillance tracking. They will act as a point of contact (in phone and in person) in communications with patients, relatives and GPs and other external hospital staff / tertiary referrers. You will be responsible for providing waiting times and cancer outcomes data, monitoring and data collection (including collection and tracking of notes). You will also be responsible for supporting weekly PTL meeting of which you will help to prepare facilitate and record outcomes of each patient via the Somerset cancer database. This post provides dedicated administrative support to the running of local Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings and oversight of patients on the Cancer Patient Tracking List (PTL), to provide high quality care for patients who are suspected of having cancer and patients diagnosed with cancer. The post holder plays an important role in:

• Coordinating local MDT meetings including recording and actioning outcomes
• Recording data (e.g. staging, co-morbidities, investigations, diagnosis and treatments) on the Somerset Cancer Register
• Management of patients in the diagnostic phase on the cancer PTL and escalation of investigations
  
  Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
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