Band 4 Cancer Pathway Coordinator (MDT) | Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust

The Cancer Pathway co-ordinator (MDT) post is a pivotal role in ensuring timely patient progression through their pathway both before and after a cancer diagnosis has been made. The ideal candidate will enjoy problem solving and providing patients with excellent care by coordinating their appointments, tests and treatments in a timely manner; be flexible and adaptable, a good team player but also able to work well on their own initiative and willing to take on a variety of duties, whilst having the ability to maintain attention to detail.

You will need to be organised, patient focused and an excellent communicator and planner with the ability to manage competing pressures and priorities which will frequently change. You will also have an interest in monitoring performance, driving change and improving processes and systems. The ability to work autonomously, be proactive and able to take initiative to solve problems are crucial for this post. It will involve working collaboratively with both clinical and non-clinical teams to deliver the objectives of the service.

The key features of the role are ensuring that all patients within the designated specialities are tracked against the national 28, 31 and 62 day cancer waiting time targets. This includes highlighting any potential breaches of the targets to the Cancer Services Manager and the clinical team in a timely fashion. The successful applicant will also co-ordinate the preparation of a Multi-Disciplinary Team meeting, operating video-conference equipment and the collection and presentation of patient related data as required

To support the implementation of the NHS Cancer Plan by providing dedicated and effective administrative support to multi-disciplinary teams, working together with the team members to facilitate the delivery of a high quality of care for cancer patients.

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We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.