Medical and MAPs Education Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find the duties and responsibilities detailed within the attached Job Description.

• Providing professional advice and consultancy to the Trust, HEIs, NHSE, regional, and national stakeholder groups, on all aspects of Medical and MAPs Education including the administration and education services that the departments deliver for Medical and MAPs Education staff and leaners including policy, pedagogy, delivery and placement models, feedback, and quality
• Leading research and audit projects in collaboration with Trust education colleagues, NHSE and HEIs, to ensure an evidence based innovative approach is delivered, and translating this into policy, guidance, and education delivery
• Leading service delivery in relation to NHSE learner education contracts and Trust Medical and MAPs Education staff and learner education requirements in relation to professional and Trust standards
• Leading service delivery and evaluation in relation to education programmes for all Medical and MAPs Education learners and staff
• Ensuring NHSE and education contract quality indicators and KPIs are achieved for all education contract related activity
• Working in collaboration with the Director of Medical Education, Head of Medical Education, Associate Clinical Director for Undergraduate Medical Education, Clinical Tutor, and Foundation Programme Director to ensure high quality delivery of all workstreams
• Line managing the Medical and MAPS Education administration managers to ensure collaborative and innovative delivery of Medical and MAPS Education programmes at a high standard
• Utilising inclusive leadership skills to develop direct reports to ensure they can lead, manage, and coach their teams effectively and to robustly succession plan
• Producing annual Board reports including national survey responses, demonstrating achievements, activity, collaboration, responses to feedback, and innovation, in addition to providing evidence for quality assurance visits from NHSE and HEIs
• Managing the budgets for Postgraduate NHSE, Postgraduate Trust, and Undergraduate Medical Education on behalf of the Head of Medical Education to ensure transparent accountability and best use to meet educational and contract requirements
• Work in partnership with administration, education and clinical leads and their teams within education and clinical practice to develop new initiatives, generate tariff income, and seek new opportunities

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of working at a senior level within the NHS
• Proven record of leading and effectively managing change
• In depth knowledge and understanding of Medical and MAPs Education
• Experience of developing quality assurance processes
• Evidence of leadership development
• Project management experience
• Experience of managing education budgets
• Experience of QIP, audit, and research

Qualification(s) and Professional Training

Essential

• Management or leadership qualification or equivalent experience
• First degree or equivalent professional registration, academic qualification or experience
• Evidence of on-going relevant professional training and development
• Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Relevant Postgraduate qualification or ability to achieve within 2 years of appointment.
• Evidence of highly developed Medical and MAPs Education knowledge
• Previous role in medical education
• Experience of delivering administration and education services for Medical and MAPs learners

Desirable

• Master's degree or equivalent level of experience and ability to study for master's level qualification within 2 years of appointment

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to act as local subject expert within Medical and MAPs Education.
• Strong team leadership and communication skills, with experience of managing people, conflict and negotiating change
• Highly advanced organisational skills and ability to co-ordinate and prioritise complex projects

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Able to work independently, managing teams/depts.
• Able to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities around the operational planning of services and business planning
• Able to work effectively with members of different professions and across organisational boundaries
• Able to communicate effectively demonstrating sensitivity and understanding to a wide range of different people and organisations
• Able to write and present reports effectively to a range of audiences at all levels of the organisation
• Able to use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Able to manage staff and achieve optimum performance
• Able to organise and direct others
• Able to demonstrate accountability for delivery of a service

Other

Essential

• Able to work as part of the on-call management team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Medical Education George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

College Street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)