Job overview

The Senior MDT Coordinator will provide formal line management and leadership to a team of MDT Coordinators, playing a key role in the delivery and performance of cancer services. This position holds responsibility for ensuring that all MDT meetings are meticulously prepared, efficiently conducted, and comprehensively followed up in line with national cancer standards, service-level agreements, and KPI's. A thorough understanding of the patient pathway—including diagnostic and staging investigations as well as available treatment options—is essential. The post holder will oversee MDT coordinators, ensuring the smooth operation and structural integrity of the department by training, mentoring, and developing the team to adapt to an evolving service environment. They will ensure that all critical information is accessible to support informed clinical decision-making, with decisions documented according to local protocols.

Collaborate with Service Managers to identify opportunities for service improvement, analyse potential solutions, and support implementation efforts, particularly those related to patient tracking and MDT processes.

Facilitating the accurate collection of cancer data and entering it into the relevant database. This includes conducting regular audits to identify any pathways requiring intervention, highlighting these to Service Managers, and pinpointing training and development needs within the team to enhance pathway performance and patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job

The Senior MDT Coordinator will provide formal line management and leadership to a team of MDT Coordinators, playing a key role in the delivery and performance of cancer services. This position holds responsibility for ensuring that all MDT meetings are meticulously prepared, efficiently conducted, and comprehensively followed up in line with national cancer standards, service-level agreements, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). 

 After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.