Job Overview
We are seeking a Study Leave Officer for a part-time, permanent role (16 hours per week) at Wexham Park Hospital. This role involves coordinating and administering study leave requests for medical trainees and other eligible staff, ensuring compliance with NHS and Trust policies. The Study Leave Officer will serve as the primary point of contact for study leave applications, approvals, and funding processes, ensuring an efficient and effective service within the Medical Education department. Additionally, the role includes organising and running LED teaching events to support medical education initiatives.
Main duties of the job
* Supporting the Medical Education department in managing study leave requests for all Clinical Doctors Grades
* Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including clinicians and administrative teams.
* Assisting in the financial administration and monitoring of study leave budgets.
* Admin duties for the LED
* Representing LFGs
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work-life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths & English
Desirable criteria
* Higher education qualification (e.g., NVQ, diploma, or degree in administration, finance, or related field)
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience in an administrative role, preferably within the NHS or a healthcare/education setting
Desirable criteria
* Experience of customer service in a client-facing role
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Strong organisational and time-management skills
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team
* Attention to detail and accuracy
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
* Familiarity with budget management and financial processes
* Understanding of medical training structures and requirements
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well-performing, well-led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state-of-the-art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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