MDT Assistant

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 27 February 2026

The post holder will join a dedicated and supportive Cancer Team, playing a vital role in ensuring patients move smoothly through their outpatient pathway. As a key administrative member of the service, they will help coordinate and manage appointments in line with national cancer targets, contributing directly to timely access to care.

Working at the heart of the patient journey, the post holder will provide accurate, efficient, and proactive administrative support. They will help maintain clear communication, well‑organised records, and a seamless flow of information that enables clinical teams to deliver high‑quality care. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, values precision, and is motivated by work that makes a meaningful difference to patients and their families.

They will assist in collecting Cancer Waiting Time Data for their nominated site, focussing on the new 28 day target, using the tracking and electronic recording systems currently in use by the Trust, to ensure that patients do not breach any targets set currently or in the future.

To work as part of the Cancer Services Team to ensure cross cover, cover for periods of annual and sickness leave and continuity of service across all site‑specific tumour MDTs, as directed by the MDT Co‑ordinators.

To work strictly within the Government's targets for outpatients and Choose & Book, ensuring patients pathways are in line with national targets.

To accurately record the data relating to outpatient pathway ensuring that all data is correct and up to date and ensuring that action is taken to amend any data errors.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics‑led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff.

As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience – we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job.

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities.

• To book appointments in line with national guidelines.
• To support the triage process and monitor timeliness of the Consultants triage in all services.
• To work with the diagnostics services when booking Straight to Test Pathways.
• To assist with the process of Bounce Back of referrals that are incomplete.
• Communicate with patients, colleagues, internal and external contacts in a courteous, professional and timely manner at all times by various methods, i.e. telephone, written, face to face.

• Good standard of general education
• General administration
• 4 or above in GCSE Math & English
• IT skills equivalent to RSA2, NVQ2 or relevant experience of Microsoft Word Packages

• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing routine information
• Experience of working within a confidential environment
• Experience of appointment procedures and processes
• NHS experience

• Ability to use Microsoft Word Package
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal.
• Methodical, organised approach to work, with good attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• NHS IT systems

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust