We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated, Apprenticeship and Widening Access Manager you will be based at The Heart and Lung Research Institute at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

If you have a real interest in supporting people into working in healthcare, are looking for a challenge, the opportunity to help build a new service and enjoy variety in your work, this will be a great opportunity.

You will have responsibility for apprenticeships, employability schemes, work experience and other work opportunity programmes across the Trust. You will manage the operational activity of the provision including schools and college engagement activities. This involves engaging and inspiring young people into careers at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. You will co-ordinate activities with multiple professional bodies and partners to facilitate feeder routes into all areas of healthcare careers.

Main duties of the job

The skills we are looking for are attention to detail, tact, patience, the ability to liaise with colleagues throughout the Hospital and beyond, excellent verbal and written communication skills with a professional and respectful manner.

You will also need to access multiple IT systems.

The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under time restraints and pressure at times. We will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Knowledge acquired through relevant diploma or equivalent experience or training, plus further management knowledge or experience to degree level equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a busy clerical/office environment
• Prioritising, planning and organising own tasks
• Excellent communication skills including telephone, email, face to face
• Experience of dealing with difficult situations and confrontations
• Data entry experience and documentation
• Experience of IT packages -- Microsoft office and Excel
• Experience of producing documents to a high standard
• Ability to allocate and monitor work of others
• Ability to use own initiative and work autonomously
• Experience of influencing and negotiating difficult challenges.
• Understanding of the apprenticeship levy
• Understanding of apprenticeship issues and practice

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
• Willingness to travel to events, schools & colleges

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

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