Apprentice Cancer MDT Assistant

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The closing date is 13 January 2026

Sherwood Forest Hospitals have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Cancer MDT Apprentice to join our team.

Cancer Services is part of the Corporate Division within the Trust. Its function is to develop and support the continued drive to provide health care that is effective, efficient and research based.

• Providing general administrative/clerical support to the Cancer Multi-Disciplinary Team work programme
• Organising lists and retrieving patient case notes
• Assisting in the operation of the MDT meetings ensuring notes are obtained in a timely manner
• Assisting in the preparation of video tele‑conferencing to other hospitals within the Cancer Network
• Supporting the effective administration of Cancer MDT meeting

The successful candidate will undertake a Level 3 Business Administration course with West Nottinghamshire College.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an established service that supports the Trust's cancer teams. Apply now to join our team!

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

• GCSE 4-9 English or Equivalent
• GCSE 4-9 in Maths or Equivalent
• Customer Care Experience
• Good interpersonal and communication
• Good organisational skills
• Good team member
• Ability to prioritise workload and work on own initiative
• Highly motivated
• Reliable
• Calm when under pressure in a busy environment
• Flexible approach to working arrangements
• Planner / think ahead
• Passionate and determined to succeed within the industry

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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other.

We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.