Medical Education Co-ordinator

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a part-time Medical Education Coordinator to support medical education activities. The successful candidate will coordinate study leave for trainees, manage applications, and assist in organizing teaching events. Strong organizational skills and previous administrative experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in an administrative role, preferably within the NHS or healthcare/education.
• Customer service experience in a client-facing role.

Responsibilities

• Support the Medical Education department in managing study leave requests.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, including clinicians and administrative teams.
• Assist in financial administration and monitoring of study leave budgets.

Skills

Strong organisational and time-management skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Education

GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths & English

Higher education qualification (e.g., NVQ, diploma, or degree)

Job description

Job Overview

We are seeking a part-time, permanent Medical Education Coordinator to join our team at Wexham Park Hospital, working 16 hours per week. This key role supports the delivery of medical education by coordinating and administering study leave for medical trainees and other eligible staff, in line with NHS and Trust policies.

Acting as the main point of contact for all study leave matters, the postholder will manage applications, approvals, and funding processes to ensure a smooth and compliant service. The role also includes planning, organising, and delivering Locally Employed Doctors (LED) teaching events, contributing to the development and enhancement of educational programmes within the department.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong organisational and communication skills who is passionate about supporting medical education and continuous professional development in a healthcare setting.

Main duties of the job

• Supporting the Medical Education department in managing study leave requests for all Clinical Doctors Grades
• Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including clinicians and administrative teams.
• Assisting in the financial administration and monitoring of study leave budgets.
• Admin duties for the LED
• Represents LFGs
  
  

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths & English
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Higher education qualification (e.g., NVQ, diploma, or degree in administration, finance, or related field)
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in an administrative role, preferably within the NHS or a healthcare/education setting
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of customer service in a client facing role
  
  

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Familiarity with budget management and financial processes
• Understanding of medical training structures and requirements
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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