The Cancer Pathway Co-ordinator (MDT) plays a vital role in ensuring patients move smoothly through their cancer pathway, both pre- and post-diagnosis. You'll be responsible for coordinating appointments, tests, and treatments in a timely manner to support high-quality patient care. The role requires flexibility, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
You’ll need to be organised, patient-focused, and a clear communicator with strong planning skills. The ability to manage changing priorities and pressures is essential, along with a keen interest in performance monitoring, process improvement, and service development. Initiative and autonomy are key, as is a proactive approach to resolving issues.
A key aspect of the role is tracking patients within designated specialties against national 28-, 31-, and 62-day cancer waiting time targets, and escalating potential breaches to the Cancer Services Manager and clinical team. You will also coordinate Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings, operate video-conferencing equipment, and compile and present patient-related data as needed.
To support the implementation of the NHS Cancer Plan by providing dedicated and effective administrative support to multi-disciplinary teams, working together with the team members to facilitate the delivery of a high quality of care for cancer patients.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites –KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kirsty Watkins Job title: Cancer Pathway Manager Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01708 435 000
Ext 4214
