Job summary
Employer heading
Medical Appraisal & Revalidation Administrator
NHS AfC: Band 3
We want to give you the best possible experience in the next stage of your career.
We always strive to be the best place to work and to be cared for.
- We’ve been named the 2021 Acute NHS Trust of the Year, in the annual Health Service (HSJ) Journal Awards for our clear ambition and vision and a significant improvement journey over a number of years’.
- The Trust is 6th highest rated Trust in the South East and was still in the top 25% nationally for recommended places to work.
- We’re rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and when asked whether the care of patients is the organisation’s top priority our staff rank us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts.
- We pride ourselves on supporting you to thrive in your existing role and to develop your career with us. So with us you’ll get loads of benefits, great training and development opportunities, flexibility and a real community feel.
Benefits to working with us
- Great training and education, including preceptorship and CPD (up to £1,000 individual CPD funding available for nurses, midwives and AHPs)
- Our location: you can access beautiful countryside, historic towns and villages and bustling city life all nearby. With good schools, nature reserves and cultural attractions on our doorstep, and both London and Brighton easily accessible too, there’s something for everyone nearby.
- At least 35 days leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
- NHS pension scheme
- A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.
- On-site nursery
- On-site Boots and WHSmith shops
- An Amazon locker and an InPost locker on site
- Restaurant facilities
- Full educational library services
- Excellent rail and bus links
- The local bus operator offer all new staff one month’s free travel to East Surrey Hospital when they first join (please visit the Metrobus website for details and terms and conditions)
- Lockable storage for cycles.
About us
- We’re a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of c5,000 providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 535,000.
- We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill.
- We offer a full range of acute and complex services at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we are the nearest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport.
- We provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey, and at Crawley and Horsham Hospitals in West Sussex.
The Trust is committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of benefits including, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff well being.
Job overview
Do you have the energy and drive to make a real difference? Do you have excellent communication and organisational skills? If so, we would like to hear from you.
We are looking for an administrator to support the medical appraisal and revalidation processes for our medical workforce. This opportunity has arisen due to an internal promotion. We are seeking a passionate and enthusiastic individual who wants to make a difference by assisting with managing, maintaining and monitoring records of the medical appraisal and revalidation systems. A key focus of the role is to ensure all data is correct and validated. Therefore, you will have excellent data entry and excel skills whilst being able to run reports, with the need for attention to detail being a high priority.
The post requires a high level of organisational skills and good interpersonal skills, particularly as the post holder will maintain contact with doctors across the trust and a range of external agencies.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Medical Resourcing Team and Chief Medical Officer and will have an appreciation of the medical workforce and their challenges.
In addition, the successful candidate will have a strong administrative background, the ability to work to tight deadlines and excellent problem-solving skills is key.
We are looking for an individual who encompasses our values and will ensure they are embedded within our processes.
Base Location: East Surrey Hospital, Redhill
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
- We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
- Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
- Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 3 GCSE’s including English and Mathematics or equivalent
- NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent experience
- Significant experience in a secretarial/administrative post preferably within the NHS
- Experience of pulling reports from an electronic database system
- Experience of database management
- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen Harrison
- Job title
- Medical workforce Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01737768511
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