Student Liaison Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Student Liaison Officer for HYMS at Hull Universities Teaching Hospitals Trust. We are looking to recruit an individual who is enthusiastic and hard working with good attention to detail. We are a large and busy education provider and want staff who are resilient, focused and who have a ‘can do attitude’.

You will work closely with the Business Support Manager and the rest of the Student Liaison team to provide an effective and quality service supporting our students in their studies.

We expect that you will have a high level of energy, positivity and enthusiasm, a personality that is upbeat and motivated and an ability to engage and empathise through well-developed communication and relationships skills.

To have the operational responsibility for specific areas of activity within the HYMS Student Liaison Office.

To have an understanding of the full range of activities undertaken within the Student Liaison Office and be able to liaise effectively with HYMS colleagues within the NHS and the universities.

To support the Clinical Dean, the Head of Undergraduate Medical Education and senior staff in the Trusts in provision and development of the HYMS clinical teaching programmes, tutor recruitment and tutor training and Hull and East Yorkshire.

To undertake specific project work as identified by the Head of Undergraduate Medical Education or Business Support Manager.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust strongly encourages new starters to have the Covid-19 vaccine. However, it is not a mandatory requirement to work for us.

**HUTH has two main sites**: Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital with an annual budget of approximately £500 million. The Trust employs around 11,000 staff and serves an extended population of 1.25 million, delivering a number of outpatient services from locations across the area.

The Trust’s secondary care service portfolio is comprehensive, covering the major medical and surgical specialties, routine and specialist diagnostic services and other clinical support services. These services are provided primarily to a catchment population of approximately 600,000 in the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area.

HUTH provides specialist and tertiary services to a population of 1.25 million extending from Scarborough in North Yorkshire to Grimsby and Scunthorpe in North East and North Lincolnshire respectively.

Hull York Medical School is a partnership between the Universities of Hull and York and the NHS in North and East Yorkshire, Northern Lincolnshire and Teeside. The first doctors to complete the HYMS MB BS programme graduated in 2008. With a distinctive and innovative approach to training doctors for the health services of the 21st century, HYMS aims to influence positively the recruitment and retention of doctors in the region and the quality of local health services.

HYMS offers a five-year programme using contemporary learning and assessment methods in an integrated structure to some 240 students each year, having launched a successful expansion bid. The programme features a modern learning environment and high quality clinical attachment opportunities. T

here is a strong focus on learning in community settings, including primary care, and on working collaboratively with other health professionals.

In addition to the 5 year MBBS programme, HUTH also hosts the clinical placement element of the Physician Associate 2 year Masters programme which is now commencing its fifth year. The 2019 academic year saw the launch in Hull of the Gateway Year programme, designed to widen participation and encourage non-traditional applicants to medicine.

The Trust is an associated teaching hospital of the Hull York Medical School taking a very active part in the teaching of Medical Students undertaking the MBBS and Physician Associate MSc programmes. The school is in a period of great expansion with an annual cohort size of 240+.

Phase l of the MBBS course is substantially taught in the University with Year 1 attending half a day a week of clinical placement and Year 2 attending for 1 full day a week. These placements alternate each weekbetween primary and secondary care.

Phase ll (Years 3 & 4) students predominantly attend the Trust for clinical teaching with 1 day a week out in general practice. They currently follow an 8 week block structure, rotating to different hospitals within the HYMS area every 16 weeks, including Hull, Scarborough, York, Grimsby and Scunthorpe.

Phase III (Year 5) students have 3 eight week blocks, rotating through medicine, surgery and general practice.

Opportunities are available to be involved in assessment and evaluation of students both within the Trust and the University.

Please see attached job description and person specification.