Medical Education Administrator

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS teaching trust in the UK is looking for a Medical Education Administrator to manage and support medical education programmes. The successful candidate will be responsible for the Year 2 Foundation Training Programme's administration and will play a key role in educational support and quality assurance activities. This position involves communication with both internal and external stakeholders and requires a proactive approach to ensure training excellence. The role offers an opportunity to influence the education of over 900 resident doctors in training.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage and support medical education programmes.
• Experience in organizing and advising on educational activities.
• Strong communication skills for internal and external meetings.

Responsibilities

• Provide onboarding details for the Year 2 Foundation Training Programme.
• Signpost doctors to required information on study leave and wellbeing.
• Support teaching and participate in bi-annual reviews for foundation doctors.

Job description

Job Overview

The post holder is responsible to the Medical Education Manager for managing and supporting medical education programmes within the Trust in the areas of Postgraduate Medical and the Education Centre. There are currently over 900 resident doctors in training, with 150 of them being in year 2 of the Foundation Programme.

The successful post holder will be responsible for the administration of the Year 2 Foundation Training Programme for Resident Doctors in Training and to support the Joint Foundation Year 1 and 2 Core Teaching.

The Medical Education Administrator will organise, advise, plan, manage and support the following areas of the training programme where relevant to that programme.

The post holder will also act as the Committee Administrator for the Foundation Education Governance Group.

The Medical Education Administrator will organise, support and participate in the bi-annual reviews and final annual review of training (ARCPs) for year 1 and year 2 foundation doctors.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide details to Year 2 Foundation Training Programme for Resident Doctors in Training on: educational onboarding/welcome programme, mandatory teaching, careers workshops and information, simulation training, use of the eportfolio, mid term and end of year assessments, Teams platform and other educational portal.


• Signpost doctors to information on: study leave, wellbeing, educational and clinical supervision, Foundation Training Programme Directors and Royal College Tutors, employment and travel expenses, useful websites, news, events and courses which may be of interest.


• Attend internal and external meetings as appropriate.


• Support the Friday core teaching known as ‘Friday FELs’ Teaching.


• Support the psychiatry teaching.


• Quality assurance activities.


• Act as the Committee Administrator for the Foundation Education Governance Group meetings held quarterly – agendas, minutes and action lists.


• Organise, support and participate in the bi-annual reviews and final annual review of training (ARCPs) for year 1 and year 2 foundation doctors.

This advert closes on Sunday 1 Feb 2026.