Job summary
- Main area
- Blood, Stem Cell and Cancer (BSC) Specialised Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term or secondment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexibility required)
- Job ref
- 284-24-6043200-DMUT-B
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Children's Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Cancer MDT Team Leader
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Cancer Services team at Birmingham Children's Hospital for a Cancer MDT Team Leader. As an integral part of the Cancer Services team, you will provide support and leadership to the paediatric MDT and cancer data management function, ensuring all MDTs run smoothly and be responsible for all aspects of mandated data collection and reporting. Please note this post is to provide maternity cover either as fixed term or as a secondment.
Main duties of the job
Based at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, the Cancer MDT Team Leader will be responsible for the day-to-day management of MDT and cancer data management staff. As a key member of the Cancer Services team, the postholder will both support and oversee the co-ordination and administrative management of Multidisciplinary (MDT) team meetings within paediatric oncology and haematology, ensuring outcomes are recorded accurately for children, teenage and young adult cancer patients and all cancer pathways are monitored in accordance with national guidelines. The postholder will be responsible for the collection of data for all mandated cancer datasets including Cancer Waiting Times performance targets (CWT), Cancer Outcomes and Services datasets (COSD), Systemic Anti-Cancer Dataset (SACT) and Specialised Services Quality Dashboards (SSQD).
The postholder will establish key working relationships with MDT Lead Clinicians and all members of the administrative and clinical teams including nursing and medical staff, allied health professional and support workers as well as liaising with a range of staff internally across the Children’s Hospital and with external NHS Trusts.
The postholder will also be responsible for reporting on cancer information both within and external to the Trust and will work closely with operational colleagues to ensure that paediatric cancer patients receive treatment in accordance with local and national targets.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to A-level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level or have equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Organizing meetings
- Minute Taking
- Preparing agendas for meetings
- Data management experience
- Knowledge of Data Protection legislation
- Intermediate knowledge of Excel and Access
- Knowledge of cancer performance targets
Desirable criteria
- Use of NHS Information systems (radiology/pathology/patient admin)
- Use of Somerset Cancer Registry
- Experience of managing staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Elaine Carrolan
- Job title
- Cancer MDT Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 333 9868
List jobs with Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust in Administrative Services or all sectors