Medical Education Coordinator

The Medical Education Coordinator will report to the Medical Workforce Manager and be professionally accountable to the Director of Medical Education.

The role encompasses administrative and coordinating responsibility, supporting the Medical Education team in the delivery and evaluation of professional teaching activity and training programmes. The Medical Education Coordinator also plays an active role in the development of the medical education programme.

The post involves line management of the Medical Education Administrator and supervision/undertaking of the administrative responsibilities associated with the quality assurance and financial management of educational activities.

Main duties of the job

• Responsibility for the support of medical education services across the organisation, including the planning, delivery, and evaluation of professional teaching activities, training programmes, continuing professional development, induction, and skills training for junior doctors.
• Line management and supervision of the Medical Education Administrator.
• Organise and oversee the Medical Education Administrator in the setting up of meetings, training venues, workshops, road shows, lectures, seminars, and events, including booking rooms and refreshments, ensuring all resources required are available and appropriate information supplied including financial reimbursement. This includes: Weekly Journal Club, Lunchtime Lectures, Case Conferences, Core Psychiatry Training Course, Multi-professional CPD Seminars, and any other meetings deemed appropriate.

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings but also within the community. These services include children's, adult, and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research, and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long-term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• Provide advice and assistance with the arrangements of travel and accommodation and the reimbursement of fees to external contributors.
• Ensure effective communication with the wider Medical Education Team to enable delivery of the Medical Education programme.
• Provide support to the Director of Medical Education and the Core Psychiatry Training Programme and module leads within the context of the range of Medical Education.
• Ensure all resources and information is available via the CPFT Academy intranet site and that the site is kept current and continually developed to meet the needs of the service and its audience.
• Ensure that comprehensive and up-to-date records are kept of all education attendance and that these are recorded on OLM.
• Ensure that all study leave funds are tracked and payments where required are made, working in collaboration with the finance lead to ensure financial probity.
• Responsibility for the administration of study budgets for junior doctors.
• Ensure that Junior Doctor Induction is delivered to meet NHSE and CPFT requirements.
• Undertake project work as required, researching and producing information to support the project.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working autonomously.
• Experience of strategic and operational thinking, policy/service development, and decision making.

Desirable

• Experience of influencing stakeholders.
• Experience of delivering training to wide groups of staff.
• Experience of working in an education or training role.

Skills and Ability

Essential

• Confidence with Information Technology.
• Competent with all aspects of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to analyse data with a high degree of independent judgement and initiative.
• Strong team leadership and communication skills, with experience of managing people, conflict, and negotiating change.
• Advanced organisational skills and ability to co-ordinate and prioritise projects within own area.
• Enthusiastic, resolute, and flexible approach to work.

Desirable

• Confidence with coordinating training programmes for new projects.

Knowledge and Understanding

Essential

• Demonstrable understanding of the operational management of the NHS, and the delivery of services in a secondary or tertiary care environment.

Desirable

• Knowledge of medical education training.
• Knowledge of expenses Terms and Conditions for all grades of Medics.

Physical Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel to any meetings across all the Trust sites.

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Elizabeth House

Fulbourn Hospital

Cambridge

CB21 5EF

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310-MCORP-6828594