About this role
Job summary
The Cancer and RTT Coordinator is responsible for providing a high-quality administrative and pathway coordination service to Gastroenterology patients across both cancer and elective care pathways. The post holder will proactively track and manage patients from referral through to treatment, ensuring compliance with national Cancer Waiting Time (CWT) and Referral to Treatment (RTT) standards.
The role involves coordinating multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings, validating and maintaining accurate patient pathway data, investigating pathway breaches and data quality issues, and working closely with clinical and operational teams to support timely patient care. The post holder will analyse and interpret information from a range of internal and external systems, identify delays or inconsistencies in patient pathways, and escalate concerns appropriately to support service performance and target delivery.
The Cancer and RTT Coordinator will contribute to national and local audits, support peer review activities, maintain accurate records for performance monitoring, and provide expert administrative support to the Gastroenterology service. The role requires excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, the ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and effective communication with multidisciplinary teams across multiple sites. Cross-site working may be required to meet service needs.
Main duties of the job
Coordinate and administer Gastroenterology cancer pathways, ensuring patients progress through diagnosis and treatment within national Cancer Waiting Time (CWT) standards. Maintain and validate Cancer and RTT Patient Tracking Lists (PTLs), ensuring pathway information is accurate, complete, and up to date. Track patients from referral to treatment, proactively identifying delays, resolving pathway issues, and escalating risks to performance targets where appropriate. Validate RTT pathways in accordance with national guidance, ensuring correct clock starts, clock stops, pathway outcomes, and waiting list management. Further details can be found in the attached job description document.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the key responsibilities and person requirements for this role.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Educated to A-level/NVQ level 3 5 GCSEs, graded at C or above, or equivalent
Desirable
Relevant NHS administrative or information management qualification
Experience Essential
Previous NHS experience of Working in Admin Team
Desirable
Cerner Trained
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.
Employer details Employer name London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address Central Middlesex Hospital
Watford Road
Harrow
HA1 3UJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)