Programme Support Administrator (Primary Care)
NHS England
The closing date is 16 October 2024
Job summary
Anopportunityhas arisen for a full-time Programme Support Administrator in the NW School of General Practice/Primary Care, the largest of its kind in the country. GP Training is experiencing a fast-paced period of expansion and transformation, and this is a busy and varied role which underpins the support of our GP Doctors in Training, the development of our Educator community, and the retention of fully-qualified GPs and other primary care professionals across the North West (Lancashire & South Cumbria, Cheshire & Merseyside, and Greater Manchester).
The GP School/Primary Care Programme Team holds a national staff recognition award "for always being a vibrant community of talent and flexibility; they showed extra resilience, patience, and innovation to ensure the quality of the work delivered by the school has remained excellent". We are therefore looking for a team player, as the willingness to support other members of our forward-thinking and friendly team is vital.
If you are motivated, driven, and hardworking with a 'can-do' attitude, an eye for detail and fantastic organisation skills, this could be an ideal opportunity for you.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide effective and efficient administrative support to the School of General Practice/Primary Care across a number of areas, including:
- Organising and facilitating events and courses for GP Educators and Doctors in Training (Face to Face and virtual) and keeping digital course resources up to date
- Updating the GP trainer database and the GMC Connect system
- Supporting Annual Review of Competency Progression (ARCP) panels and rotations for Doctors in Training
- Providing secretariat support for meetings encompassing diary management, agenda collation, taking minutes and oversight of action logs where applicable
- Supporting key workstreams within General Practice and Primary Care
- Being a key point of contact within NHS England for external stakeholders, including learners, trainers and external organisations
- Supporting a busy shared inbox
- Helping to ensure that the education delivered to all Doctors in Training is of a consistently high quality
- Working with a wide range of internal and external colleagues to support the work of the School
- Ensuring consistent, accurate and high-quality information exchange and communication
- Leading on specific projects or events as requested
- Assisting with general enquiries, via email and over the phone
About us
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS agreat place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Date posted
02 October 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£26,530 to £29,114 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
990-NW-6470736-E
Job locations
Manchester Piccadilly Place or Liverpool Regatta Place
London Road or Summers Road
Manchester or Liverpool
M1 3BN
Employer details
Employer name
NHS England
Address
Manchester Piccadilly Place or Liverpool Regatta Place
London Road or Summers Road
Manchester or Liverpool
M1 3BN
Employer's website
https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)