Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 pa/ pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 20/03/2025
Cancer Tracker and Multidisciplinary (MDT) Support Officer
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for the role of a Cancer tracker and Support MDT Co-ordinator within the Urology Directorate. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will provide expertise in the proactive administrative management from referral to treatment or discharge.
Working closely alongside the existing MDT coordinators and trackers, you will help manage and organise the patients who are required for discussion at the weekly MDT meetings and track patients through their cancer pathway ensuring accurate data collection.
Main duties of the job
* Support tracking of the tumour sites within Urology, monitor patient's progress to ensure diagnostic procedures and treatments are planned to meet the patient's needs and the Cancer pathway waiting time standards.
* Use of Infoflex to record activity and cancer waiting times
* Action MDT referrals
* Complete and submit breach reports
* Act as extended member of multidisciplinary meetings
* Help coordinate and deliver multidisciplinary meetings
* Cover colleagues in times of absence
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Minimum 2 GCSEs, to include English Language and mathematics (grade 4 or above) or equivalent qualifications/experience.
* NVQ level 3 or relevant experience
Experience
* Relevant experience within a clinical directorate in the NHS (or related healthcare experience)
* Previous office experience
* Knowledge of Lorenzo / Patient Focused Information / InfoFlex, and/or a willingness to undertake further training
* Use of word processing packages
* Understanding of 31/62 referral process
* Previous Medical Records experience
* Medical terminology course
* Knowledge of cancer tracking
* Knowledge of cancer pathways
Skills and Knowledge
* Evidence of good organisational, prioritisation and communication skills
* Experience of being able to work as part of a team, whilst being able to work independently.
* Good organisational skills and experience in dealing with large quantities of data.
* Good written and verbal communication skills
* Demonstrate a clear understanding for the need to maintain patient confidentiality and data handling
* Evidence in dealing with colleagues of all disciplines and levels.
* Experience of working within a Multi-Disciplinary Team setting
* The knowledge of recording, retrieving and collecting patient information within the NHS
* Experience in dealing with audits / minimum data sets
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
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