Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an outgoing, highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the charity team and facilitate the planning and delivery of our work experience and student volunteering programme. 

This is a great opportunity to work as part of an amazing team who have a wealth of knowledge and skills to train and support the right applicant. 

Our vision is to support our future workforce and provide students with an opportunity to gain an insight into different areas across our hospital sites. As a primary contact, the post holder must have confidence to communicate with colleagues, students and external organisations at all levels.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a first point of contact to both motivate and inspire individuals to pursue careers within healthcare and across our hospital sites.

A vital role to manage the work experience waiting list and provide effective support in coordinating the smooth running of the young person
programmes on offer across the Trust and who will be key to ensuring high quality placement experiences are achieved. The post holder will have excellent interpersonal skills, who is able to proactively build strong relationships with colleagues at all levels which is vital to ensure continuity of placements. A key element of the role will also be to support students taking part in the student volunteering programme by coordinating the recruitment process and supporting the delivery of ward based training.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.