JAG Senior Programme Coordinator

Working hours: Full time (35 hours per week). Standard working hours between 9am 5pm Monday to Friday.

Working arrangements: Hybrid homeworking (minimum 6 days per monthin the office)

Are you enthusiastic highly organised and enjoy improvement work If so come and join us as Senior Coordinator!

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative and high performing team within the endoscopy accreditation programme (known as Joint Advisory Group JAG) which works with endoscopy services across the UK and Ireland to ensure the highest quality of care for patients. The successful candidate will be experienced at overseeing a range of projects and will have a passion for improving health services.

About the role

The senior coordinator will be responsible for:

• Overseeing the accreditation pathway from start-to-finish ensuring that the assessment process is managed efficiently and to high quality standards
• Delivering projects to improve the quality of the programme and the service that we offer endoscopy units across the UK and Ireland.
• Line managing a small team and taking responsibility for our clinical and managerial assessors across the UK and Ireland.
• Providing ideas to improve what we do bringing in creativity and enthusiasm for process improvement and change.

About you

Were looking for candidates with:

• Experience of working in a busy environment with multiple priorities.
• Excellent organisational skills problem-solving ability and the ability to seek out and implement improvements in our processes.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships and collaborate with multiple stakeholders including clinicians and senior staff.

About the Accreditation Unit (AU)

The AU comprises around 33 staff and 120 external accreditation assessors who work across six clinical areas. The AU is highly experienced and credible at leading professionally led and patient-centred clinical accreditation programmes as well as developing training packages for the endoscopy workforce. Each accreditation programme is clinically led and supported by a multi-disciplinary steering group that includes patient representation. The AU also hosts several large databases to support healthcare decision making accreditation programmes and development of the endoscopy workforce.

Accreditation is a method of improving the quality of healthcare by assessing clinical services in relation to agreed standards. JAG is part of a wider accreditation unit and we pride ourselves on our dedication to delivering high quality work and making a difference. We have a culture of involvement; everyones views matter and we want you to contribute your ideas and help shape and improve what we do.

For more information about the role please view the job description and person specification.

For an informal discussion about this role please contact Laura Bewley Project Manager JAG Accreditation ()

How to apply

Please click Apply Now to submit your CV and a supporting statement (no more than 2 pages) explaining with clear examples how your skills and experience match the job description and person specification. Applicants who do not submit a relevant supporting statement as requested will not be shortlisted.

Closing date: 21 August 2026

Interviewing date: w/c 07 September 2026

The RCP positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex race disability age sexual orientation transgender status religion or belief marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

The RCP is all about our people our members staff volunteers and leaders. We educate influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know we can only do this by being inclusive encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. Welcoming into our community people who represent the 21st-century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients we serve is a priority for us.

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