Undergraduate Teaching Coordinator

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Undergraduate Medical Education Department at MFT. We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced individual to work in a high performing team coordinating, administering and recruiting for the Year 3 clinical placements. The post, based at Oxford Road , will be for 12 months covering maternity leave. There may be occasions when travel is required. We operate flexible working and blended working from home and the office.

The undergraduate team deliver the undergraduate medical curriculum to 450 medical students based at MFT Oxford Road and associated teaching hospitals. The post holder will be required to liaise closely with staff based within the Trust, the University of Manchester, counterparts in other Manchester hospitals and colleagues in District General Hospitals.

The postholder will be responsible for organising teaching sessions, placements, room bookings and responding to student and supervisor queries in a timely manner. The postholder will be expected to plan and prioritise their workload, so organisational ability, forward planning and excellent communication skills are essential.

If you require any further information, please contact the Deputy Head of Service, Lesia Kochan via email atlesia.kochan@mft.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

1. Responsible for organising all student placements on a rotational basis (including international students) across Manchester as set out by the current undergraduate curriculum. This includes planning complex individual student tracks.
2. Responsible for organising specialised placements (SSCP and APEP) and liaising with students, local educational colleagues and educational colleagues at other clinical education campuses and clinical education providers to disseminate information in a timely manner
3. Be responsive to student enquiries and for dealing with day-to-day queries, signposting where necessary in relation to student's personal issues, programme advice and assessment.
4. Recruit educational supervisors for education modules.
5. Liaise with the Academic Lead, Hospital Dean and Head of Service with any student or placement issues.
6. Liaise and negotiate with clinicians, educational colleagues and external providers to ensure programme delivery and minimise cancellations by agreeing cover.
7. Liaise with Academic Lead regarding the recruitment of new supervisors for the programme.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.