MDT and Pathway Coordinator

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self motivated individual to join the Vascular Surgery team as an MDT administrator and Pathway Tracker.

We are seeking a highly motivated applicant with good organisational skills and who be able to communicate confidently with all levels of staff on a wide range of information as well as the ability to work under pressure as part of a team. Experience in planning complex processes, report writing and data analysis is desirable and excellent written & verbal skills are essential.

Attention to detail and the ability to prioritise and organise work with minimum assistance is required. Much of the work is reliant on effective use of IT systems therefore applicants should be confident in using (and supporting others in using) a variety of software packages including word processing, excel spreadsheets and e-mail as well as Hospital systems.

In this role, you will also be responsible for validating, amending, tracking and navigating 18 week patient pathways and improving data quality for all patients under the Vascular Surgery service as well as ensuring our patients are booked within local and national targets.

Main duties of the job

Working within a complex environment the post holder has responsibility for managing, tracking and navigating 18 week patient pathways and reporting at relevant meetings, ensuring that national and local targets are met.

Responsible for validating amending and improving data quality in relation to pathways from initial referral, through diagnostics to completion of patients episode.

Proactively ensuring the patient has timely appointments within their pathway in order to achieve the waiting time targets.

Liaising and co-coordinating with all colleagues involved in the patient's management.

Managing the MDT and ensuring that the correct patients are added to the list to be discussed.

Ensuring that all required information such as imaging and external reports are available and uploaded ready for the MDT discussion.

Sending outcomes from the MDT meeting to the relevant colleagues to action and following up to ensure these actions have been taken.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 29th October 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 16th November 2026.

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.

Right to Work

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have:

- applied for a Graduate visa

- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this position.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.