Oncology Pathway Coordinator

Role Overview

Oncology Pathway Coordinator at King's College Hospital London. The role coordinates administrative and clinical pathways for cancer patients across multiple directorates and clinical services.

Role Purpose

To coordinate the administrative sequencing and clinical interventions for cancer patients at various stages of their cancer journey, ensuring continuity of care across the multidisciplinary team and facilitating effective patient pathway management.

Key Responsibilities

Cancer Patient Pathway Coordination

• Coordinate and organize clinical interventions and activities for patients across directorates and multiple clinical services.
• Understand current and future requirements for each patient and take proactive steps to ensure the pathway is maintained.
• Ensure progress of patients' journeys with all members of the cancer MDT, including Consultants and Nursing staff.
• Identify deviations from the expected pathway through escalation policy to the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer (DCNO) to enable corrective action.
• Arrange appointments for consultations and support services.
• Communicate alterations to planned appointments directly to patients.
• Respond to variations in the treatment plan accordingly.
• Deal with non-clinical queries from general practitioners and multidisciplinary team members.
• Assess the medical, emotional, and social needs of cancer patients.
• Support patients and families to understand their problems and available resources.
• Act as a link between patients and all other care providers.
• Coordinate access to cancer support staff, including psychologists, dietitians, and physicians.
• Educate eligible patients about appropriate research studies.
• Coordinate discharge planning with the patient, family, consultant, and other services.
• Work with patients and family members to ensure discharge instructions are understood and followed.

Multidisciplinary Team Coordination

• Facilitate and coordinate MDT meetings with representatives from Gastroenterology, Breast, and Oncology clinics.
• Provide administrative support for specialist MDT meetings.
• Liaise with clinical and administrative staff across directorates to develop schedules of patients for MDT discussion.
• Implement systems to ensure information necessary for effective team functioning is available at each meeting.
• Attend each MDT and facilitate the use of video conferencing equipment as needed.
• Ensure action plans are produced and recorded for each patient discussed at MDT meetings.
• Communicate MDT action plans to the relevant consultant within 24 hours.
• Ensure appropriate follow-up actions from MDT meetings are carried out as identified by clinical teams.

Quality, Safety and Data Management

• Maintain a genuine learning culture with a clear message of safe care.
• Work collaboratively with clinical governance to ensure adequate management of clinical risk and improvements in quality and safety.
• Ensure administrative and clerical functions are carried out to the highest quality standards and promptly.
• Generate and provide monthly reports to the DCNO for Clinical Governance purposes.
• Identify to the DCNO any areas of concern regarding systems that allow the MDT to function effectively.
• Identify potential solutions to ongoing problems and be proactive in implementing solutions.
• Propose to clinical teams changes in the overall pathway that would benefit patient care and work with the team to implement these changes.
• Bring to the attention of DCNO any concerns surrounding the validity or appropriateness of data being collected.
• Provide data to monitor patient progress through the systems.

Qualifications & Experience

• UAE Medical Health Authority License (DHA).
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Degree in Nursing with minimum two years course duration.
• Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, or Australia.
• Worked within an appropriate service environment within the last 2 years.

Skills & Competencies

• Good computer knowledge.
• Resuscitation Certificate as per the specialty.
• Demonstrable ongoing and active Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Awareness and understanding of King's College Hospital policies and initiatives.
• Highly self-motivated with high internal work standards; sets attainable goals; wants to improve effectiveness and efficiency; measures progress against targets.
• Flexible; able to adapt to ensure achievement of objectives within constantly changing situations and environments.
• Leadership and communication skills commensurate with leading teams, improving practice, driving continuous professional development, and working effectively as part of a multi-professional and multi-agency team.
• Problem-solving skills; able to respond to unexpected issues and provide first line response and identify appropriate sources of secondary support.
• Ability to maintain professional and personal credibility across all staff groups.
• Multitasks well in a fast-paced workplace.
• Provides excellent patient care.