Health Education England Hiring for Education Programme Coordinator Job at Winchester, England , UK Full Time

We have an exciting career opportunity for a highly motivated and well-organised individual to join our Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) Team as Education Programme Coordinator. Specifically, this role supports the recruitment, assessment and programme management for our 2,500 doctors in postgraduate training (doctors) in Wessex across 12 hospital Trusts and 200 GP training practices.

This is an interesting and varied role working in a busy and rewarding environment. We look after doctors from the early stages of their careers following graduation from medical school through to qualifying as a hospital Consultant or a GP. The successful applicant will work with a wide range of stakeholders including medical HR in NHS hospital Trusts, hospital Consultants, junior doctors, and the Royal Medical Colleges.

The Education Programme Coordinator is a varied administrative role where you will assist with a portfolio of work that includes the management of training programmes and rotations for doctors in postgraduate training (doctors), educational supervisor approvals, quality of training placements, some course administration, supporting interviews for recruitment and the annual assessment processes for the doctors.

On a typical day you will be dealing with email correspondence, maintaining up to date and accurate training records and databases, responding to queries from doctors or medical HR in the Trusts. You will have meetings to arrange and timetables for the annual assessments to prepare.

Using excellent communication skills, you will be confident liaising with colleagues at all levels and possess extensive IT skills and experience of Microsoft Office packages, with particular emphasis on Excel at an intermediate level and a superior attention to detail. You will be an effective team player and deliver a high standard of work to meet tight deadlines.

You should be able to travel to meetings and conferences offsite when required.

Health Education England (HEE) is a friendly and high performing organisation. Ultimately, our key focus is to make HEE the best place to work for all our staff involving our commitment to your training and development from day one. Our learning and development strategy includes all the ways in which we can support you to ‘shine’ and excel in your role and is open to staff at every level in our organisation. We are also committed to promoting the health and wellbeing of staff and maintaining a fair and supportive environment.

As part of HEE in the South East Region, the Wessex Local Office is responsible for the planning, development, education, and training of the healthcare and public health workforce across Hampshire, Dorset, Isle of Wight, and Salisbury. We also provide medical training for the States of Jersey for doctors in Foundation and General Practice.

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents. 

We welcome enquiries and warmly encourage interested applicants to contact us to discuss this role.

Salary Progression

Applicants will commence at the bottom of Band 4 with a full-time starting salary of £22,549, with a pay step increase after 3 years’ service.

These salaries are offered in accordance with NHS Terms and Conditions and the HEE Pay Progression Policy and are subject to annual cost of living review.

This post will be located in Otterbourne, near Winchester; however, remote working will be the default position during the current COVID 19 pandemic. This will be continually reviewed in line with HEE policy.

If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience we need, then don’t delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don’t miss out!