Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 120-AC179-0525
- Employer
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Town
- Cardiff
- Salary
- £26,928 - £29,551 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
AOS MDT Co-Ordinator
NHS AfC: Band 4
Thank you for your interest in working for Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC), which is a committed equal opportunities employer. VCC welcomes applications from people who share our vision;
Velindre University NHS Trust will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a renowned organisation of excellence for patient and donor care, education and research.
our values;
- Caring
- Respectful
- Accountable
& who will complement our current experienced and specialist employees who are passionate about working in an organisation with the ambition to provide world class services & care to our patients.
VCC is an amazing place to work & develop your career. It is undertaking a 5 year transformation programme which will enable cancer services to meet the future needs of our patients across South East Wales. Not only will programme see VCC moving into a new purpose built cancer hospital, it will provide opportunities for patients to receive treatments closer to their homes. The infrastructure changes will offer our employees opportunities to work across a number of sites, in new and different ways, create development opportunities & increase flexible working practices.
VCC provides our employees with a favourable salary and reward / staff benefits & support package.
For more information on this vacancy please contact the recruiting manager, who will be pleased to discuss it with you.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
The Trust also reserves the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement at any stage of the process, to enable internal staff requiring to be redeployed in suitable roles.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
The Acute Oncology MDT Co-Ordinator is a front facing operational role to support the smooth running and efficiency of the Acute Oncology Service. The post holder will work collaboratively as a member of the Velindre Cancer Centre Acute Oncology Service and across the South East Wales Health Board AOS team to ensure a smooth pathway for patients presenting with oncological emergencies, ensuring that the VCC team is provided with high level daily administrative support.
They will provide a range of administrative support to the teams working within AOS at the Cancer Centre linking with cancer site specific multi-disciplinary teams. This will include working as part of a team to coordinate and capture discussions, ensure conclusions are documented and communicated between organisations including VCC, LHBs and primary care. They will also be responsible for collating data and maintaining spread sheets and databases to allow evaluation of the service and its development moving forwards.
Main duties of the job
Patient pathway management is a key aspect of this role and will involve working with day units, outpatients, and all clinical areas to support clinicians in their management of patients presenting with acute clinical problems. This will include collaboration and liaison with consultant medical staff, ward/departmental staff and other CNS’s, Palliative Care, Primary Health care teams, colleagues within the wider cancer network and other centres to provide seamless methods of working. The post holder will also be key in co-ordinating the pathway for patients presenting with MSCC (Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression) who require emergency Radiotherapy at VCC and ensuring that transport to and from VCC and treatment is organised efficiently and effectively.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Working for our organisation
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/ person specification
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/ person specification
Other
Essential criteria
- Desirable (but not essential): Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Seary
- Job title
- Directorate Support Manager • Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02920615888
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