Medical Education Training Co-ordinator

The Role

Managing the coordination, planning, compilation and implementation of Medical Education Training Programmes for all Consultants, Staff Grades, associate specialists, Junior Doctors, GPs and Medical Students throughout NHS Lanarkshire and all subsequent business and project administration ensuring maximum marketing and advertising.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provides hospital-based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• The post holder must possess working knowledge of a full range of Senior Administration, Business and Training procedures acquired through training to HND Level with relevant experience within a training environment and/or Business Administration environment. This is vital to carry out duties. 
• Advanced keyboard skills/qualifications in-depth working knowledge and lengthy experience with complex IT packages are required including Microsoft Publisher, Excel, Word, Outlook, Project, Access, Powerpoint, electronic Diaries/Calendars and in the independent analysis of statistical data and producing publications in various formats for end users.
• The post holder must have the ability to work autonomously; managing and prioritising own workload within the agreed overall target schedule.  The ability to be self-motivated, flexible, and proactive and to possess multi-tasking, interpersonal, time management and forward planning skills is vital. Excellent Communication, negotiation, influencing and motivational skills/training and the ability to deal with and diffuse difficult situations/interactions are required.

It would be great if you also have

• Previous experience with databases
• Previous experience of NHS
• Experience of a similar role within training
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to manage and prioritise workload within agreed targets 

Contract type

• Fixed Term or Secondment for 1 year
• Full time 
• 37 hours
• Please note this is a fixed-term post for 1 year. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have a written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post. 

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in the Medical Education Dept. within University Hospital Wishaw.

Looking to find out more?

If youre looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Caroline Burke, Directorate Support Manager Medical Education at caroline.burke@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator at lynn.deas@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshires benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with the length of service

• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)

• Paid sick leave increases with the length of service

• Occupational health services

• Employee counselling services

• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire has a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If youre looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack or our recruitment webpage.