Midlands Endoscopy Training Academy: Administration & Clerical Workforce Lead

Part Time - 0.2 WTE, 

Salary - Band 8a

A new, exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to become our new Administration and Clerical Workforce Lead as  an integral part of the leadership team of the Midlands Endoscopy Training Academy.  The post holder will provide leadership for the administration and clerical training competency framework.

Regional training academies were formed as a result of the Sir Mike Richards Review of Diagnostic Services and will lead the way to shape and deliver training for all staffing groups involved in endoscopy services. The Midlands Endoscopy Academy was formed in Autumn 2022 and has expanded significantly in its range of training offers to the wider endoscopy workforce. 

The successful candidate will:

• steer innovation into the administrative workforce through identifying issues  and training requirements faced by the Endoscopy Administration teams with a focus on (admin) workforce planning, training needs assessment and qualitative research around staff satisfaction and retention.
•  Engage with key regional stakeholders and the region’s endoscopy centres to understand the regional position to ensure that the administrative workforce have skills and knowledge to support an effective waiting list management system.

Working with key stakeholders and the wider META team the post holder will be integral to developing a delivery plan to further enhance the regional administrative and clerical workforce. The post holder will work within the Endoscopy Training Academy structure and be reportable to the Clinical Director and Managerial leads within META to maintain high standards upon collaborating with NHS Trusts to provide quality assurance reports to enable the academy to drive improvements.

An expectation of the role would include engagement with equivalent post holders in the nations other Endoscopy Academies to network and be abreast of advancements in the field.

The post will be hosted by Birmingham City University and will be undertaken as a secondment within current job role and will require flexibility within that post to accommodate this job role. A discussion with current employer to seek approval for this post would be expected prior to application.