Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Pilgrim Hospital
Town Boston
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 13/02/2025 23:59
Interview date 05/03/2025
GP Programme Co-ordinator - Band 5
NHS AfC: Band 5
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
* Patient-centred: Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
* Safety: Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
* Excellence: Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
* Compassion: Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
* Respect: Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties.
Job overview
The East Midlands Deanery is responsible for training GPs to work in Lincolnshire, and part of that involves placing them within our acute hospitals for rotations into various specialties to help with their eventual GP work. This post is responsible for managing those placements within the Boston Pilgrim Hospital and surrounding GP Surgeries.
A newly accredited Teaching Hospitals Trust, we are highly regarded within the East Midlands as delivering an excellent GP training programme, and you will be joining a team who are mutually supportive.
Main duties of the job
You must have admin skills such as the range of Microsoft Office tools, be able to communicate with doctors and managers at all levels, be able to make decisions and act upon them. You will work closely with the rest of the Medical Education team, but also with managers and rota co-ordinators within the Trust specialties, as well as working closely with the Deanery and the Training Programme Directors. You will induct trainees into the Trust and manage their progress through and back out to GP Surgeries.
Main responsibilities are to manage the acute placements which form part of the GP trainee programme. The post-holder works closely with NHS England to ensure GP trainees complete required placements.
Person specification
Evidence of Particular: - Knowledge - Skills - Aptitudes
* Accuracy
* Budget management
* Good organisational skills
* Good oral & written communication skills
* Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
* Ability to manage projects
* Problem solving
* Ability to supervise admin staff
* Ability to gather information and undertake enquiries
* Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: Patient Centred Safety Compassion Respect and Excellence
* Knowledge of the Trust’s policies and procedures
* Knowledge of the General Practice Training Programme
* Use of audio/visual equipment/teleconferencing equipment
Previous Experience
* Significant experience working in an admin capacity
* Dealing with people at all levels
* Working knowledge of computer packages: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email/internet
Qualifications
* GCSE O’Level (5 subjects inc English language) or equivalent
* Degree (or equivalent experience)
* GCSE A’Level (2 subjects), NVQ 2 in Business Admin or equivalent experience
* ECDL
* RSA Advanced (iii) Word Processing
* RSA Advanced (iii) Typing
* AMSPAR
Specific Requirements
* Work on own initiative
* Work under pressure
* Flexible approach to working
* Confidentiality
* Able to co-ordinate admin and secretarial services, including preparation of agendas and minutes, taking appropriate follow-up actions
* Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment
* Understanding of different cultural backgrounds
ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
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