Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an apprentice based within the Centre for Practice Learning, in the Education centre, Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The Business Admin Apprentice will provide comprehensive and high-quality administrative support to the Centre for Practice Learning to ensure our education and training activities for non-medical learners and the clinical staff supervising and supporting them during their clinical placement, meet the required standards, to ensure we have a safe, effective clinical workforce for now and into the future.

If you are considering developing your career in education and share our values, this may be the opportunity for you. In return, we can offer you support and opportunities to develop your career, a purpose-built modern learning environment to work in and a friendly welcome into our Practice Learning team.

Main duties of the job

Assist the Centre for Practice Learning with the planning, coordination and promotion of education and training activities. This includes room bookings, room set up, preparation of course registers, preparation of resources and arranging hospitality.

To support the Centre for Practice learning to ensure education and training activities are accurately recorded on the electronic Learning Management System.

Provide diary management for team members, including booking meetings, education sessions, career events, LEM meetings.

Establish and maintain effective communication including enquires, emails and correspondence within the multidisciplinary team internally and externally, HEI partners and other NHS organisations or practice learning teams if appropriate, demonstrating good working relationships with all levels of staff and learners.

To prioritise own workload, working to timelines and ensuring deadlines are met.

Be able to work autonomously and as part of a team.

Have the ability to question effectively and seek clarification from individuals to enable effective decision making.

To maintain confidentiality at all times.

Working for our organisation

Our vision: Exceptional patient care provided by exceptional people.

Our mission: To bring our people, communities and partners together – providing patient care we can all be proud of.  We all play a part in achieving this, by living up to the values we promise to our patients and each other. As members of staff, we will always be guided by our Proud to CARE values:

• COMPASSION – treating everyone with kindness – welcoming diversity and inclusion, considering individual needs; and challenging inappropriate behaviours outside of our values.
• AMBITION – Aspiring to be the best – reaching high standards, providing exceptional care and services; and achieving measurable improvements in people’s health and wellbeing.
• RESPECT – Valuing and appreciating everyone – listening, learning, and acting on their experiences, being open and honest; and recognising that working with others brings benefits.
• ENCOURAGEMENT– Opportunities for all – supporting education and development, helping people to bring their improvement ideas to life and speak-up; and getting everyone involved in our future.

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

COVID19 Vaccination

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

 UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.  Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.  Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form.  Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.  Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be  eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications 

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

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