Administrator (Clinical Dental)

Faculty of Health

The Clinical Liaison Services Team is part of the Peninsula Dental School; the team provides the interface between clinicians and the wider healthcare community to ensure the successful delivery of several programmes including medicine and dental programmes. 

Under the direction of the Senior Clinical Liaison Administrator (Dental) and as a member of the dental team, you will contribute to the delivery of and assist in the development of comprehensive, customer-focused, cost-effective and efficient administrative support for the Peninsula Dental School. You will co-ordinate the administration of Clinical Supervisor recruitment, allocation, payment and work schedules and Specialist Care Visits (placements) including planning, quality assurance and contributing towards a positive student experience. You will be key to supporting clinical dental activity and co-ordinating Clinical Supervisor (dentists and hygienists / therapists) contractual arrangements, payments and work schedules. In addition, you will co-ordinate placements for our dental students with various Clinical Partner Organisations.

This is a new role; we are seeking a highly organised, accurate and efficient administrator with good IT skills, confident in the use of Excel and creating and improving processes. Please detail Excel skills in your application. You will need a good understanding of teamwork, have experience of handling data and a good eye for detail. You will need to provide a professional and customer-focussed service to our Clinical Supervisors and Clinical Placement Partners.  

Please demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement. Please provide detail of your IT / Excel skills including examples in your application. 

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Jodene Prior by email [email protected] or by telephone on 01752 583444. 

Closing Date: 12 Midnight, Monday 27th May 2024 

Interviews are likely to take place in mid-June and you will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not. 

This is a permanent, part-time position working 29.6 hours per week (0.8 FTE), to be worked over 5 days (Monday to Friday). 

Flexible working options including job share will be considered. 

We offer a competitive salary package and a generous pension and holiday scheme. We also offer a range of other benefits, including ongoing development opportunities. 

A summary of our comprehensive benefits can be viewed here . 

The Faculty of Health holds four Silver Athena Swan awards, which recognise our commitment to supporting gender equality within higher education. 

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by the University of Plymouth Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Plymouth. Employees of the University of Plymouth Services Limited work alongside the University of Plymouth colleagues in delivery of Plymouth’s strategic vision, and will adopt the University of Plymouth’s HR policies and procedures in full unless otherwise stated.