
Job overview
Main duties of the job
Provide comprehensive administrative support across all MPET workstreams.
Manage enquiries promptly and professionally, escalating where appropriate, and monitor MPET inboxes to ensure requests are logged, prioritised and responded to or redirected accordingly.
Maintain accurate databases, electronic records and shared folders in line with Trust information governance requirements.
Support Study Leave administration, including processing applications, preparing documentation and providing administrative support to Study Leave Panel meetings.
Provide administrative support for MPET meetings by preparing agendas and papers, taking minutes, maintaining action logs, tracking actions and distributing meeting documentation.
Maintain and update MPET information on the staff intranet, Padlets and learner app, ensuring content is accurate and up to date.
Support learner and student feedback processes by issuing evaluations, collating responses and producing reports.
Administer education and training programmes, including Practice Assessor/Educator training, Care Certificate, clinical skills and learner inductions. Responsibilities include managing bookings, attendance records, course materials, certificates and updating ESR records.
Provide administrative support for meetings & training events, including coordinating venues, equipment, resources, participant communications, travel and parking arrangements, and attend events where required to provide on-site administrative support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Purpose
To support the Multiprofessional Practice Education Team (MPET) by providing comprehensive, high quality, accurate and timely administrative support; contributing towards the effectiveness and efficiency of multi professional education and providing learners of all clinical professionals (medical and non-medical) with a high-quality learning environment across the Trust.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
To provide administrative support across all workstreams supported by the MPET.
To deal efficiently and effectively with email and telephone enquiries received by the MPE Team in a professional, efficient and timely manner, escalating queries where appropriate.
Monitor MPET inboxes, ensuring enquiries are recorded, prioritised and responded to or redirected appropriately.
Maintain, update and ensure the accuracy of MPET databases, electronic records and shared folders in line with Trust information governance requirements.
Support the administration of Study Leave processes, including collating applications and preparing documentation for Study Leave Panel meetings.
To issue and distribute agendas, take minutes / update actions logs and distribute meeting documents afterwards for meetings being chaired by the MPET.
Provide administrative support to meetings chaired by MPET, including preparing and distributing agendas and papers, taking accurate minutes, maintaining action logs and tracking progress, circulating documentation following meetings.
To maintain and update the MPET sections on the staff intranet, padlets and learner app to ensure that the information provided is accessible, accurate and up to date.
Support the coordination of learner and student feedback processes by issuing evaluation requests, collating responses and producing reports for review.
Administer training and education activity delivered by MPET (such as Practice Assessor / Educator training, care certificate, clinical skills, learner inductions). Managing bookings and attendance records, preparing course materials and registration documentation, issuing certificates, updating Electronic Staff Record (ESR) systems where required
Provide administration for meetings and event arrangements including venue hire, taking bookings, provision of equipment/resources, pre-event material, travel and parking arrangements. If appropriate you may be required to attend in person training events to provide administrative support.
Communication
To communicate in a clear, honest and respectful manner at all times.
To establish and maintain good relationships with internal and external colleagues to enhance the work of the team.
To contribute to the teams’ communication by co-ordinating and distributing information through various channels in an accurate and timely manner.
Ability to communicate in a clear, honest and respectful manner.
Ability to establish and maintain relationships
Ability to communicate and share information using various mediums – e.g. emails, letters, verbally.
People Management
Maintaining own personal and professional development and taking part in annual appraisal, KSF process and one to one supervision.
Undertake mandatory and statutory as required by Trust policy.
Infection Control
The trust staff are responsible for protecting themselves and others against infection risks.
All staff regardless of whether clinical or not are expected to comply with current infection control policies and procedures and to report any problems about this to their managers.
All staff undertaking patient care activities must attend infection control training and updates as required by the trust.
All clinical staff or any staff working in clinical areas are expected to be bare below the elbow with no hand or wrist jewellery except for one plain band (no stones or engraving)
Health and Safety
Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed upon them under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), to ensure the agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safe environment for employees and visitors.
To ensure that the trust’s Health and Safety Policies are understood and observed and that procedures are followed.
To ensure the appropriate use of equipment and facilities and the environment is maintained in good order.
To take the necessary precautions to safeguard the welfare and safety of themselves, patients, staff and visitors, in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act.
To undertake appropriate Health and Safety training to support safe working practice including, where appropriate, its management.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a busy administrative role.
Desirable
- Experience of working within an NHS organisation
- Experience in using Microsoft Teams
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language
- Ability to plan and organise own work according to strict deadlines.
- Demonstrates strong IT skills. Confident in using Microsoft Excel, Teams and Word.
- Demonstrates ability to work flexibly as part of a team and using own initiative.
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills, ability to establish and maintain relationships.
- Ability to communicate and share information clearly and in a respectful manner using various mediums – e.g. emails, letters, verbally.
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- GCSEs in Maths and English (Grades A-C / 4-9) or equivalent including functional skills
Desirable
- NVQ Business Administration minimum level 2
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This advert is for MultiProfessional Practice Education Team Administrator with Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust in St. Ives, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum, pro-rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (none). The application deadline is 27 Jul 2026.
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