MDT and Data Coordinator Leicester, England
Job description
NHS England has established a national framework for Revision Knee Surgery. As part of this process, University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) has been designated as a Major Revision Centre (MRC) and is part of a regional network with Northampton General Hospital (NGH) and Kettering General Hospital (KGH). Every MRC network is required to monitor and submit their activity numbers split by surgeon volume and centre volume including revision units and primary arthroplasty units.
The key responsibility of this role is to provide administrative facilitation of team meetings for the regional MDT meetings as part of the network arrangement, ensuring external colleagues are able to join the meetings via electronic conferencing. This will include preparing, organising and circulating agendas, minutes, results and sending out minutes of the meeting to relevant clinicians.
The role will also be responsible for collecting, maintaining and submitting the data required for the network MDT and national submission and monitoring the dataset.
It is required that the post holder will provide administration support to the clinic co-ordinator team and will be a pivotal point of contact and support to the clinical lead and revision knee surgeons across all network Trusts.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to be the Major Revision Centre, network MDT coordinator . As a member of the team you will be responsible for facilitation and coordination of the MDT primarily providing support for the regional revision knee network (including Northampton General Hospital (NGH) and Kettering General Hospital (KGH) so that meetings are well-structured and run effectively.
The role is varied and the successful candidate will be required to possess excellent communication, relationship and administration skills. It will involve preparing the MDT, collecting, maintaining and the national submission and monitoring of the dataset.
The post holder must engage effectively with network hospitals and Trusts to ensure the data collection process is efficient, smooth and well-supported. This role also requires data collection, compilation of relevant reports and audits and the post holder must be able to work to tight deadlines and at times under pressure.
You will become a vital part of a talented team of people, committed to providing the best care and treatment to patients.
The role requires occasional travel between UHL, NGH and KGH
We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children's Hospital and run one of the country's leading heart centres.
Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.
Our purpose is to provide 'Caring at its best' and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we're here to do. They are:
- We focus on what matters most
- o We treat others how we would like to be treated
- We are passionate and creative in our work
- We do what we say we are going to do
- We are one team and we are best when we work together
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)
- To co-ordinate, supervise and maintain robust data collection and validation mechanisms across all network Trusts.
- To be responsible for the efficient collection and data entry onto the database for the revision network MDT and the key performance indicators of the revision knee framework.
- To locate all missing data and ensure accuracy when inputting to the database, working with the revision knee surgeons and the wider network MDT team.
- To analyse and report data as required, obtaining data from a variety of sources.
- To be responsible for the provision of timely and accurate information to other staff To ensure the production of reports and analysis when required.
- Where appropriate, to liaise with other departments.
- To provide administrative facilitation of team meetings including preparing, organising and circulating agendas, minutes of the previous meetings and recording the outcome of MDT meetings.
- To ensure that colleagues are able to join the meetings via electronic conferencing as required.
- To collate all relevant documentation for team meetings, to include patient notes, investigation results and clinic letters.
- To take minutes and record attendance at team meetings accurately and to circulate appropriately.
- To provide general administrative duties to the multidisciplinary team to include typing letters, photocopying, filing, basic clerical duties and distributing documents quickly and efficiently.
- To provide support to the MRC clinical lead with general administrative duties and to be the point of contact and support.
- To take and relay messages clearly and accurately.
