Medical Education Administrator

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Medical Education Administrator to join the team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

The Medical Education Department is responsible for developing, managing and delivering a range of high quality and cost effective medical educational services within the Trust to specifications required by the General Medical Council, NHS England Workforce, Training & Education, Kent Surrey & Sussex, associated Medical Schools and the Trust's strategic and operational framework. The successful applicant will work within the Undergraduate Team within the Medical Education Department.

Main duties of the job

The Undergraduate Medical Education Administrator will have a number of key duties and responsibilities in all aspects of organising, coordinating and supporting Medical Students placements at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal and team working skills as well as the ability to work on their own initiative. They need to be able to multi-task and quickly adapt to changing situations.

The position is for 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday.

The Undergraduate Medical Education Administrator will work primarily as part of the Undergraduate Medical Education Team consisting of the Undergraduate Manager, Deputy Undergraduate Manager and three Administrators to support the Undergraduate programme within the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. The role is based at Maidstone Hospital.

The post holder will have lead responsibility for the planning, coordination and support of Year 3 and Year 5 Medical Students on placement from Kent and Medway Medical School, Kings College London and St Georges University London.

About us

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 500,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ over 6,500 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.