Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Education
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 218-AC-B4-7865044
- Employer
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/03/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/04/2026
Employer heading
Postgraduate Medical Education Administrator
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
As part of a team of administrators the post holder is will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating parts of the medical teaching programme for Foundation Years 1 and 2 in the West Midlands South Foundation rotation and the IMT residents programme at UHCW. This involves working with the Foundation team and the IMT team (Foundation Training Programme Directors for FY1 and FY2, the IMT Clinical tutors and the medical education administration team).
The post holder will work closely with other members of the Medical Education team at UHCW to ensure that all the services offered by the department are fully supported and the students, staff, trainees and visitors receive a high quality seamless service. This will be done in accordance with Departmental, Trust and National standards, policies and procedures.
Please be advised that sponsorship is not eligible for this post.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will work as part of the postgraduate team to provide administration support to the Foundation TPDs and the IMT Clinical Tutors.. This will be done in partnership with the Foundation medical education administrators. Close collaborative working is essential for the successful delivery of the training programmes.
- The post holder will collate the Foundation training & IMT programmes.
- The post holder will work with their co-workers to respond to all trainee queries about access to HORUS & E-portfolio and all other resident enquiries.
- The post holder will also need to demonstrate the ability and willingness to provide cross cover and work effectively as part of the full medical education administration team.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The post holder needs to act as a point of contact for all relevant activities to ensure all enquiries are effectively managed and successfully resolved within a prompt timescale, ensuring all relevant personnel are informed as necessary and an appropriate record is maintained.
- To ensure, wherever possible, that all documentation is up to date, in an orderly fashion and available whenever decisions are being made, reporting exceptional circumstances where necessary. This will require effective collaboration with all relevant personnel to maintain an efficient administrative system, prompt transcription, manipulation and distribution of appropriate correspondence.
- To continually contribute to training improvement agendas. This will require undertaking any project work as directed, including obtaining information from the Internet, collation and reporting of data in order to produce reports and spreadsheets, utilising relevant Trust IT systems, as determined by the role, ensuring all relevant data is collected and input accurately in line with Trust guidelines.
- Share ideas for potential service improvement. To implement and maintain an efficient office management system/procedure to enable the Department to optimise their standards of service. This will require: effective time management, managing schedules and leave arrangements ensuring appropriate and timely communications with all relevant personnel; arranging meetings/events; composing and transcribing minutes proactively ensuring action points are raised and completed; preparation of correspondence and reports; effective management of the office by establishing and maintaining efficient manual and electronic correspondence and documentation management systems; ensuring office equipment and stationery is maintained and processing orders as required.
- To Support team members. This will require demonstrating and explaining Departmental practices and procedures; undertaking appropriate training and development with new and existing staff ensuring high standards of practice are maintained at all times; providing cross-cover on a reciprocal basis in the absence of colleagues and providing day to day mutual support for colleagues where required.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
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Experience
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Desirable criteria
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Knowledge
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Skills
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Desirable criteria
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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Davies
- Job title
- Deputy Medical Education Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 024 7696 8722
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