Flexi Placements

A flexi placement is an eight-week placement organised by the trainee which can be in any organisation or sector in England, with no limitations on the roles trainees can undertake. Flexi placement is an opportunity for trainees to widen their knowledge, skills and leadership.

If you wish to advertise a flexi placement opportunity for your organisation, please fill in the following form: GMTS Flexi Placements – Advertise a Placement

The key benefits for trainees completing a flexi placement include:

• Broadening their leadership by learning about cultures, systems and ways of working outside of the NHS.
• Developing transferrable technical skills and abilities to support them in their NHS career.
• An opportunity to explore an area of personal or professional interest.
• Achieving competencies.

There are also benefits for the flexi placement organisation which include:

• Working with an ambitious, values-driven trainee to drive improvements in your organisation.
• Networking across your organisation/sector and the NHS.
• No salary cost as the trainee will be paid by GMTS.
• An opportunity for your staff to manage, mentor and coach aspiring leaders.

Below is an overview structure of the trainee’s time on the Scheme and shows when the flexi placement takes place for each specialism.

• General Management, Human Resources and Health Informatics trainees complete their Flexi Placement from September to October
• Finance trainees complete their Flexi Placement from July to August.

Trainees are employed by NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) and will continue as such during flexi. Trainees undergo pre-employment checks in line with NHS Employment Check Standards including Standard DBS Checks.

You may set trainees up with an honorary contract on flexi, however, please do not ask trainees to sign secondment contracts or agreements as this contradicts their employment contract with NHS BSA.   

Please visit the links below to the specialisms our trainees undertake which includes details of their leadership and specialism specific education:

• General Management,
• Finance
• Human Resources
• Health Informatics

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