Assistant National MDT Coordinator

Temporary National Assistant MDT Coordinator | Home based | 6 months Fixed Term Contract | 37.5 hrs per week

The job purpose is to support the delivery of digital multi-disciplinary (e-MDT) services across the Spire group of hospitals, with a particular focus on MDTs for elective surgery. This will include co-ordinating planned MDT’s, ensuring relevant information is collated and available for review by MDT members. The role will also require working with consultants to ensure the service is well structured, runs effectively and that patients are discussed and treated in line with available guidelines.

Work with Spire’s MDT working group to establish and maintain new Spire MDTs

• Identify and discuss with colleagues any risks relating to Spire’s MDT development plan and effective management strategies to reduce the level of risk.

• Support Spire MDTs to discharge their responsibilities in line with policies and procedures.

  Co-ordinate Spire MDT meetings

• Coordinate the planning & organisation of Spire MDT meetings in relevant specialties.
• Ensure that patients are listed for discussion within the appropriate Spire MDT meeting.
• Be responsible for the locking of MDT discussion and the escalation of cases for exception discussion.
• Ensure timely feedback to referring clinicians to confirm outcomes and enable surgery listings.
• Follow policies which are developed by Spire and Spire MDTs and implement these in the role (e.g. designing new forms to monitor the data required & ensuring that it is collected).

Ensure that systems are in place to deliver a quality supporting and administrative service to Spire MDT meetings.

• Support the implementation and maintenance of e-MDT meetings and outcomes.
• Contribute to the design or development of new forms and data sets when requested by Spire MDTs or required by new guidelines or best practice.
• Develop processes to help ensure information recorded on Spire’s e-MDT systems is accurate and up-to-date.

Collect and use data to facilitate ongoing audit and MDT peer review

• Work closely with the wider clinical team to develop and implement MDT audits in relevant specialties.
• In conjunction with the team, help identify patients eligible for inclusion in audits and support any relevant research projects in this area.
• Undertake audits of a range of MDT activities as guided by the team, collating and critically analysing audit data and developing reports to demonstrate compliance and to facilitate and support service redesign.
• Work closely with MDT members to review what they do well and what they need to improve, identifying actions to achieve this.

Develop own knowledge and practice in MDT service provision

• Evaluate own knowledge and practice and make effective use of appropriate learning opportunities.
• Prepare for and actively take part in Spire Healthcare’s enabling excellence programme and set personal development objectives.
• Maintain personal development portfolio, applying own new learning to the future development of MDT services.

Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.

• Handle highly sensitive and confidential information on a daily basis. There may be a need to discuss information with patients and relatives as a part of the job role.
• Ensure confidentiality of patient information in line with data protection legislation, best practice and Spire Healthcare policies.

Monitor, maintain and promote own and others’ health and safety and security

• Undertake work activities and related training as defined in Spire Healthcare’s health and safety policies and procedures.

Promote equality, diversity and rights

• A good standard of education including minimum GCSE Grade C and above in English and Maths (or…