Overview
A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Recognised as a Centre for Excellence for Orthopaedics, this is an exciting opportunity to join our Lower Limb Education department at Wrightington Hospital as Lower Limb Education and Courses Administrator. The department delivers courses, educational programmes, visitations, meetings and surgical fellowships in joint replacement. These are in the form of Internal, external and International educational courses and large-scale events.
The post holder will manage the Lower Limb Education department, working closely with Surgeons and Registrars co-ordinating a broad range of new and existing training programmes and complex educational activities. They will work to a high standard, managing surgical fellowships, medical school elective placements, clinical attachments and visitations for medical staff from the UK and overseas. They will ensure effective communication with surgeons, registrars, and orthopaedic companies, making decisions to identify future educational objectives and requirements. They will be expected to work independently and contribute effectively to the “whole team” being flexible in working practice and being able to re-prioritise workload when other team members require support.
The post is full-time vacancy working 37.5 hours per week.
Main Responsibilities
* Manage external and internal lower limb medical education courses, meetings, and large-scale events including all pre-course marketing, course development, sponsorship and commercial liaison.
* Proactively manage the running of the courses efficiently ensuring all runs smoothly, organising audio-visual requirements, catering and hiring of equipment.
* Provide online evaluation and certificates to all delegates and faculty and organise ‘Continuing Professional Development’ accreditation (CPD) for all courses from the Royal College of Surgeons. Develop, analyse, and review post-event evaluation and learning outcomes and distribute to conveners and faculty.
* To maintain accurate and up to date financial reports to ensure that each course or event is financially viable and profitable.
* To manage the lower limb education department on behalf of The John Charnley Trust in terms of Travelling Scholarships, grants, patient information and future leadership programmes. Liaise with the trustees regarding financial matters and the trust website.
* To manage the Low Friction Society, maintaining a register of all members and arrange annual meetings for the Low Friction Society.
* Responsible for covering NW Regional Revision multidisciplinary team (MDT) coordinator in the event of leave or sickness.
Communications and Key Working Relationships
* Communicating and understanding cultural or language differences.
* Ability to collate, process, and analyse data with accuracy and diligence.
* Responsible for accepting and processing enquiries received by post, email, and telephone, using judgement and experience to prioritise work.
* Contributing effectively to the whole team, being flexible in working practice and able to re-prioritise workload when other team members require support.
* Communicating with consultants, outside agencies, and all disciplines of work colleagues within the Trust, maintaining good working relationships.
* Producing and distributing course programmes, timetables, and all course-related information.
* Acting as the contact for any course-related issues—negotiating and responding sensibly to all calls. Responsible for patients, delegates, external companies, and faculty on course days.
* Working collaboratively with external medical industries and other agencies via telephone, email, and face-to-face interactions.
* Disseminating information across all levels of personnel through formal meetings, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, email, written, and verbal communication.
* Developing and maintaining relationships with industry partners.
* Setting up project plans and producing monitoring reports.
* Managing contracts, including intellectual property rights, with partners and sub-contractors.
* Prioritising competing workstreams and demands, working under pressure to meet deadlines while maintaining high-quality output.
* Demonstrating excellent communication skills, including a high standard of written English.
* Proficient use of Microsoft Office, including Teams and Dynamics 365.
* Strong communication skills with consultants, staff, and external companies.
* Personal integrity and the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 Aug 2025
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