Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join an enthusiastic Cancer Services Team within the Trust. You will need to demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills, accurate data input/ IT skills whilst working to deadlines.
You will be a key player, organising the Multidisciplinary Cancer Meetings, working effectively and efficiently with clinical and non-clinical colleagues. We are looking for a team player, who is motivated, reliable and eager to learn, and wanting to contribute to improving the journey and experience for our cancer patients.
We would welcome applications from candidates who do not hold the Level 3 Business Administrator qualification as this could be offered during employment.
Main duties of the job
You must enjoy working in a busy environment and be able to priorities your own workload. You will need good interpersonal skills, be IT literate and able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment.
To provide administrative and clerical support to the work of the Cancer Multi-disciplinary(MDT) teams across the whole Trust ensuring processes are robust for collection of localdata requirements. Ensure all patients are tracked through their pathway by escalatingconcerns to a cancer manager, to enable waiting times targets to be met. To provide apoint of contact for members of the MDT on a day to day basis to ensure continuity ofcommunication.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.
We encourage people to visit the department if interested in the role
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
4. Experience within the NHS
5. Experience working in a administration role
6. Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
7. Experience of entering data onto spreadsheets, databases
8. Medical Terminology
Desirable
9. Experience required of using and entering information onto databases and spreadsheets
Qualifications
Essential
10. GCSE (or equivalent) level maths and English
11. ECDL qualification or equivalent experience in Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint
12. Medical terminology