Main area MDT Coordinator Grade NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref: 190-8582-DIR
Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 4
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 opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic and supportive Rheumatology Team based at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly self-motivated, well-organised individual who wishes to develop their skills in the provision of an MDT Coordinator.
The focus of the MDT Coordinator role will be to provide a comprehensive administrative service to support and cover the multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and ensure the effective management of accurate and timely data to enable clinical decision-making at MDT meetings.
Main duties of the job
1. Coordinating administrative pathways and ensuring an effective process is followed in all areas of work.
2. Ensuring booking appointments where appropriate, according to the department’s strategy and local standards/policy/procedure and processing triaged referrals. Ensure that deviations from this are clearly explained and recorded.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to GCSE standard English Grade C/4 or equivalent qualifications.
* NVQ 3 Business Administration or Team Leadership or Customer Care or equivalent qualification / experience.
* ECDL or equivalent
Experience
* Previous secretarial or medical secretarial experience within the NHS
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. Advanced Minute Taking, IT/Keyboard skills, IT literate.
* Medical Terminology
* Live minute taking.
* Customer Care Training
Skills and Knowledge
* Experience of and proven skill in dealing with members of the public/patients including enquiries and complaints. Excellent telephone manner.
* Experience of working independently or as part of a team in a multi-disciplinary environment
* Excellent organisational skills
* Proven interpersonal and communication skills
* Competent in the use of hospital patient administration systems.
* Competent in capturing and recording data entry to databases e.g. Excel.
* Excellent organisational and time management skills generally and when faced with an unpredictable workload
* Proven ability to prioritise, multi-task, meet deadlines and to have the ability to work under pressure.
* Ability to pay attention to detail, be adaptable and flexible and to be committed to delivering the provision of high quality, effective and safe services for patients.
* Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, visitors, and work colleagues
* Must be able to prioritise and plan daily workload, including working flexibly when interruptions impact upon completion of daily tasks.
* Communicate sensitively in difficult situations
* Be sensitive to and understand the needs of patients from varying cultural and social backgrounds.
* Must demonstrate attention to detail in a busy office environment
* Ability to use initiative and act independently when required and be responsible for own actions
* Ability to work tight, multiple, and often competing and conflicting deadlines
* Ability to problem solve and find creative solutions.
Personal Qualities
* Flexible, reliable & Trustworthy
* Resilient and adaptable to change
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