Areyou a competent administrator ready for a new challenge? Do you want to work in a role that can makea real difference to cancer patients? If you enjoy working in a team and havethe drive and passion to help our patients, come and join our team, we haveexciting opportunities for highly motivated, flexible, and hardworkingindividuals to join our Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDT) Cancer AdministrationTeams. You will provide comprehensiveadministrative support and will work closely with healthcare professionals. You will be required to prioritise yourworkload and meet deadlines. It isessential that you are highly organised and able to work on your owninitiative as well as part of a team.
Aspart of the Corporate Cancer Team, we support and help our MDT cancer teamsto deliver quality and timely, patient focused cancer care. We are committedto working in line with the values described in The Leeds Way to make workrewarding as well as challenging.
MDTsdiscuss and plan care for all patients with a diagnosis of cancer or asuspected cancer. The post-holder will be expected to help prepare, organise,and support MDT meetings to ensure patient pathways are progressed.
Expected ShortlistingDate
08/09/2025
Planned InterviewDate
15/09/2025
Main duties of the job
Therole includes preparing, producing, and distributing lists of patients fordiscussion at the MDT meeting and capturing accurate data during the MDT,live typing to the patients medical record, and using medical terminology,
Youwill play an important part in tracking the patient journey from the point ofGP referral to treatment and be responsible for ensuring that requireddatasets are collated, and accurately entered, to comply with local andnational expectations and standards in terms of the Cancer Outcomes &Services Dataset, Cancer Waiting Times, Chemotherapy and National Audit data.(this list is not exhaustive).
Thepost-holder must be able to demonstrate excellent organisational,interpersonal and communication skills; work well under pressure and on theirown initiative. We require an individual with administrative experience,competent IT skills and strong attention to detail.
Weencourage applicants to arrange a visit to our service prior to an interview.
About us
Joinour team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision andvalues.
Weare one of the largest acute providers in the UK and our cancer services areprovided locally, regionally, and nationally.
TheCorporate Cancer Team aims to be fair and supportive with positive caringteams who are champions of the Leeds Way Values. Our values are what makes us different fromother trusts. Our values have beendeveloped by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work.
Weoffer flexible working (once fully competent) and a range of staff benefits
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.
Job responsibilities
Thepost-holder will be responsible for the provision of a full and effectiveadministrative and clerical support service to an MDT. He/she will also beresponsible for inputting data onto the cancer database [PPM] database systemand producing reports as required. The post-holder will be expected toarrange and plan her/his own work on a day-to-day basis within the overalldemands and priorities of the department.
Please see the attached job description for further information.
Person Specification
Experience
* Must be willing to attend relevant training courses
* Experience of organising meetings and taking minutes and/or live typing
* Knowledge of a wide range of administrative procedures including finance.
* A good awareness of and understanding of issues surrounding diversity and patient involvement
* Previous administrative/ clerical experience.
* Knowledge of the NHS. Work experience in a health or social care setting.
* Personal or work experience of working with diversity e.g. disabled people, people from different cultures.
Additional Requirements
* Competent in word processing - Collate patient lists for MDT meetings and subsequent distribution to relevant parties
* Use of spreadsheet packages (Excel is used in the department) and databases (Datix is used in the department). Undertake routine data collection from identified sources and data input into infoflex sy
* Ensure data quality; work to maintain system integrity and ensure accuracy of information obtained and inputted
* Good written and verbal communication skills with good command of spoken and written English and Numeracy
* Must be willing to work within the Trusts policies e.g. confidentiality, data protection, health and safety etc.
* Attend staff meetings to keep abreast of departmental and trust business.
* Assist cancer MDT assistant and cancer information officer with the information requirements of the team
Skills & behaviours
* Commitment to principles of equality and diversity.
* Commitment to delivering quality services. Importance of maintaining confidentiality.
* Honesty and integrity. Well organised, able to prioritise and to work on own initiative.
* Able to work effectively as part of a small team. Good interpersonal skills and able to relate effectively to a wide range of people.
* Personable, patient, sensitive and flexible. Willing to learn new skills.
* Uphold patient confidentiality according to relevant legislation, e.g. Data Protection Act.
* Work to agreed timescales for the completion of tasks. Respond to work setting and deadlines prescribed by the cancer information officer.
* The ability to communicate in an ethnic minority language and/or in British Sign Language would be a bonus.
Qualifications
* GCSE in English and Maths
* Basic computer/typing qualifications
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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