MBChB Placement Officer

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Supportive team

Hybrid collaboration

Professional Services environment

Job summary

University of Chester is seeking a Placement Officer in Professional Services to support MBChB clinical placements across Chester Medical School. The role focuses on allocating and coordinating placements, maintaining NHS partner relationships, and ensuring accurate data and compliance records.

The post is administrative rather than clinical, working with the Placement Coordinator and Head of Operational Delivery. Strong organisation, data skills and administrative experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience as an administrator with strong organisational skills.
• Excellent communication abilities with diverse stakeholders.
• Comfort with data, systems and digital technologies.
• Attention to detail and analytical mindset.
• Commitment to delivering outstanding service.

Responsibilities

• Allocate and manage clinical placements across varied settings.
• Build and maintain NHS partner and internal relationships.
• Manage placement data, compliance records and reporting.
• Provide expert guidance on placement processes to students and colleagues.
• Identify issues and implement solutions to problems.
• Organise stakeholder events and ensure actions are delivered.
• Identify opportunities to improve systems and student experience.

Skills

Highly organised

Excellent communicator

Data and systems confident

Detail-oriented

Strong service focus

Job description

The Placement Officer sits in Professional Services at the University of Chester, supporting clinical placements for MBChB students at Chester Medical School. The core of the work is allocating and managing placements across varied healthcare settings, looking after NHS partner relationships, and keeping placement data and compliance records accurate. It is an administrative post, not a clinical one, working with the Placement Coordinator and Head of Operational Delivery. Fit depends on strong organisation, comfort with data and systems, and experience as an administrator.

What the job involves

• Allocate and manage clinical placements across a variety of healthcare settings
• Build and maintain relationships with NHS partners, placement providers and internal stakeholders
• Manage placement data, compliance records and statutory reporting
• Give expert guidance on placement processes and systems to students and colleagues
• Identify issues, analyse information and implement solutions to problems
• Organise stakeholder events and meetings and make sure actions are delivered
• Identify and act on opportunities to improve systems, processes and the student experience

Experience

• Experienced administrator with excellent administrative expertise

Skills & knowledge

• Highly organised, able to manage competing priorities
• Excellent communicator who builds strong working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Confident working with data, systems and digital technologies
• Detail-oriented and analytical, with a focus on maintaining high standards
• Passion for delivering outstanding service

What’s offered

• Opportunity to contribute to the education of future healthcare professionals
• Opportunity to develop expertise in medical education and placement management
• Working alongside dedicated colleagues and healthcare partners
• Supportive team where innovation, collaboration and student success are central