Job overview
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a proactive and well-organised individual to join our Therapies Department, supporting the education and training of both staff and students. This role will be based across the Luton & Dunstable and Bedford Hospital sites, providing a valuable contribution to the development of learning within our clinical teams.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Therapies Practice Development Team, the Trusts’ Recruitment Team, Higher Education Providers, and learners within the department to ensure the effective coordination and delivery of educational initiatives. Applicants should possess previous administrative experience, with strong communication and organisational skills, alongside a background in working within clinical environments. A genuine interest in supporting the professional growth of others is essential.
This is a pioneering role that offers the opportunity to shape and enhance the provision of high-quality, practice-based learning within the department.
Interviews for this position will be held in person on Friday 12th September at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
Main duties of the job
1. To support the organisation and allocation of all education placements across Therapies.
2. To work with practice / clinical educators and partner organisations to increase education placement provision and to provide administrative support.
3. To maintain a database of education placement capacity, which aligns with the fair share model. Ensuring deviations are escalated appropriately.
4. Match placement requests from higher education providers to offers from teams and maintain records of details to ensure timely reporting to ensure accurate AHP Tariff invoicing.
5. Liaise with practice based learners, higher education providers and recruitment team to ensure all pre-placement paperwork and information is up-to-date, completed and available at the start of the placement.
6. Monitor Practice Educators’ compliance for educator training.
7. To help support the development, delivery, auditing and evaluation of education sessions, including co-ordinating and booking venues where appropriate and minute taking.
8. To support the preceptorship programmes.
9. To support the Care Certificate process for new Support Workers.
10. To effectively manage and prioritise own workload including proactive planning and meeting deadlines.
11. To work without direct supervision and make day-to-day decisions within own remit and to use initiative as to when to refer to others
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification provided. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on the advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
12. Evidence of education at Level 3 e.g. A levels, BTEC, HND, NVQ or equivalent
13. GCSEs Grade A- C or level 4-9 including English & Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills
14. Completed Care Certificate
Desirable criteria
15. Foundation degree level training e.g. in Health and Social Care
16. Nationally available on line health and social care related training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
17. Knowledge of confidentiality within the healthcare environment
18. Knowledge of a range of administrative procedures
Desirable criteria
19. Knowledge of how practice placements are organised and delivered within healthcare
Skills
Essential criteria
20. Excellent verbal and non verbal communication skills with examples
21. Able to use professional judgement to manage or escalate queries where required with examples
22. Able to work as part of a team and supervise less experienced staff with examples
23. Able to organise own workload and work effectively independently with examples
Experience
Essential criteria
24. Experience of working with MS Office Suite, i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Teams
25. Experience of administration work including managing data, completing reports and presenting information
26. Experience of working with clinical teams
27. Experience working in a non routine environment with evidence of problem solving
Desirable criteria
28. Previous experience supporting the learning of others
29. Understanding of allied health professional (AHP) roles and working within AHP services
30. Experience of hospital based IT software e.g. Health Roster
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.
If you have problems applying, contact
Address Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust
Lewsey Road
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU4 0DZ
Telephone 01582 497325