Administrator (Community Placements)

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and dedicated administrator to join the Clinical Liaison Services team at the University of Plymouth Peninsula Medical School.

The Clinical Liaison Services team is responsible for providing comprehensive management and administration of the medical and dental schools' clinical placements. The focus of the team is on clinical provider liaison and engaging with the wider health care community. 

We are currently seeking to appoint a highly motivated, well organised individual to take up the post of Administrator (Community Placements). You will co-ordinate medical student General Practice (GP) and community placements in Years 1-5 for the BMBS (Medicine Programme) including recruitment and allocation of placements. You will be expected to maintain the Community Placement Database and training records.  In addition, you will organise and attend quality assurance visits in General Practice. You will also be expected to monitor the return of annual agreements from providers, prepare placements schedules and ensure payments to placement providers are made in a timely manner.

You will need experience of office administration and a good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, particularly Excel.  Please detail your Excel skills in your application. You will also need to have effective communication skills, provide good and professional customer service and a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. Requirements for the role are set out in the job description and person specification.

This is a full-time permanent position working 37 hours per week. The team are expected to work in the John Bull Building for most of the time, however we do offer informal hybrid working arrangements with up to 1-2 days WFH each week.  However, this may flex depending on business need.

Please demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement. Please give clear examples of your IT / Excel skills in your application.

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Mrs Jodene Prior by email jodene.prior@plymouth.ac.uk or by telephone on 01752 583444.

Closing date: 12 Midnight, Sunday 21^st July 2024

Interviews will take place place on Monday 5^th August 2024 AM and you will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not.

We offer a competitive salary package and a generous pension and holiday scheme. We also offer a range of other benefits/support mechanisms, including ongoing development opportunities, flexible working, staff networks and enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

A summary of our comprehensive benefits can be viewed here.

The Faculty of Health holds four Silver Athena Swan awards, which recognise our commitment to supporting gender equality within higher education.

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by the University of Plymouth Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Plymouth. Employees of the University of Plymouth Services Limited work alongside the University of Plymouth colleagues in delivery of Plymouth’s strategic vision, and will adopt the University of Plymouth’s HR policies and procedures in full unless otherwise stated.

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