Medical Staffing Administration Apprentice

Job summary

We are looking for someone to take up a Medical Staffing Administration Apprentice within the Medical Staffing Team at Cornwall Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to learn new skills and be part of a busy team working across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

You will gain valuable administration skills while working in the NHS. This opportunity will be suitable if you have a desire to learn and develop your administration skills while gaining a Level 3 Team Leader apprenticeship.

Do you have what it takes to think outside the box, be creative, work accurately and input data with precision? Then keep reading because this job could just be for you...

The Medical staffing department at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is at the centre of ensuring high quality medical staff are recruited within strict timeframes to maximise the staffing levels across the Trust. We need you to support that workflow, to problem solve and to have excellent verbal and written customer service skills to help us consistently improve the recruitment experience for clinicians and managers. Medical staffing team is going through a period of change with the implementation of new IT solutions for rostering which means this is a brilliant time to join the team and begin your career in medical staffing team at NHS.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be based in Bodmin in the Medical Staffing department and will be providing medical staffing advice for medics from Junior Doctors up to Consultants regarding on-call rotas, also:

• Monitoring and processing of annual/study leave
• Management of the various rotas, gaps covers and forward planning,
• Medical staffing recruitment, processing administration relating to medical recruitment and assisting with pay queries,
• completing ID checks as necessary,
• further administrative tasks including writing confirmation of employment letters,
• preparing drafts of employment contract for our medics.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.