Job summary
We are looking for 2 new post holders who will have overall responsibility for one of the following portfolios: Applicants will be considered for either or both.
1. Responsibility for medical education and training in our Kent and Canterbury Medical Education Centre and for our General Practice Specialty Training Programme and Community Programmes (across all sites). In addition, responsibility overall across the whole department for a portfolio including:
Departmental staff training
Recruitment, induction, faculty training for those in educator roles Vacancies in training posts Locally employed doctors Induction of training and other doctors into new posts and rotations International Medical Graduate doctors Innovation and sustainability. 2. Responsibility for medical education and training in our Critical Care, Anaesthetics, Specialist Surgeries Care group and Diagnostics, Buckland and Dover Care group (across all sites). In addition, responsibility overall across the whole department for a portfolio including: Comms, PR, marketing inc . website and intranet presence Events Income generation Estates Management and oversight of the work of the Simulation Department Management and oversight of the work of the Clinical Photography and Illustration Department Pastoral support including medical students, training and other doctors and medical education staff. See Full JD for complete details.
Main duties of the job
Responsibility for the support of medical education services across the care groups; this includes the provision of a comprehensive service, responsible for the planning, delivery and evaluation of professional teaching activities, training programmes, CPD, induction and skills training for medical students and junior doctors
Provide specialist knowledge and guidance on medical education Ensure data collection and reporting processes are in place, which are necessary for quality control and training service development and measurement against performance metrics.
Develop strong and effective, collaborative relationships with the other Senior Medical Education Managers.
Develop networks with all stakeholders and partners across the region e.g. Medical Education Managers, DMEs, medical schools, other Trusts, Directors of Undergraduate Medical Education and to share best practice Support full range of training programmes and complex educational activities, including identification of training opportunities and co-ordination of projects to assess and/or improve medical education.
Oversee the development and implementation of new education programmes at the Trust.
Work with clinical leadership teams to ensure effective joint working to deliver against education action plans and care group service delivery plans. Provide all business reports for the care groups leadership teams. See Full Job Description
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- 4+ years experience as a senior medical education manager or 4+ years as a senior manager ideally in the NHS or 3+ years in a training or education role
Desirable
- Master's Degree in Business Administration or equivalent Project management qualification
Personal/professional attributes
Essential
- Lead, manage and support colleagues in all areas of the Medical Education Department as the role requires and as circumstances demand
Other requirements
Essential
- Must demonstrate personal integrity, credibility and flexibility.
- Ability to navigate, and help others to, through uncertainty, change and risk.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive management experience (7+ years) working in an NHS or industry setting.
- Extensive experience of quality assurance and governance.
- Experience of strategic and operational thinking, policy/service development, business planning and decision making
- Experience of financial procedures and managing budgets
- Experience of dealing with conflict and working with colleagues to agree remedial action as required.
Desirable
- Experience of dealing with conflict and working with colleagues to agree remedial action as required.
- 2+ years experience in a chief of staff role or financial manager or quality assurance and governance role
- Quality assurance practice and improvement planning
Skills
Essential
- Strong leadership, support and motivational abilities, highly effective change management and quality improvement skills Well-developed business planning skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work with clinical and non-clinical management and deliver a range of task and projects to tight deadlines
- Collection and collation of data and systematic analysis and reporting , effective use of Microsoft Office and Outlook - with other demonstrable levels of digital literacy as outlined in HEE's Digital Capabilities Framework
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of database and spreadsheet usage at a high leve
- Internet and web page update and design
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- 4+ years experience as a senior medical education manager or 4+ years as a senior manager ideally in the NHS or 3+ years in a training or education role
Desirable
- Master's Degree in Business Administration or equivalent Project management qualification
Personal/professional attributes
Essential
- Lead, manage and support colleagues in all areas of the Medical Education Department as the role requires and as circumstances demand
Other requirements
Essential
- Must demonstrate personal integrity, credibility and flexibility.
- Ability to navigate, and help others to, through uncertainty, change and risk.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive management experience (7+ years) working in an NHS or industry setting.
- Extensive experience of quality assurance and governance.
- Experience of strategic and operational thinking, policy/service development, business planning and decision making
- Experience of financial procedures and managing budgets
- Experience of dealing with conflict and working with colleagues to agree remedial action as required.
Desirable
- Experience of dealing with conflict and working with colleagues to agree remedial action as required.
- 2+ years experience in a chief of staff role or financial manager or quality assurance and governance role
- Quality assurance practice and improvement planning
Skills
Essential
- Strong leadership, support and motivational abilities, highly effective change management and quality improvement skills Well-developed business planning skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work with clinical and non-clinical management and deliver a range of task and projects to tight deadlines
- Collection and collation of data and systematic analysis and reporting , effective use of Microsoft Office and Outlook - with other demonstrable levels of digital literacy as outlined in HEE's Digital Capabilities Framework
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of database and spreadsheet usage at a high leve
- Internet and web page update and design
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
