Foundation & IMT Manager

Job summary

Don't miss out on this exceptional opportunity to join the Medical Education team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust as a Foundation & IMT Manager.

The Medical Education Department is responsible for developing, managing and delivering a range of high quality and cost effective medical educational services within the Trust to specifications required by the General Medical Council (GMC), Kent Surrey & Sussex (KSS) Deanery, associated Medical Schools and the Trust's strategic and operational framework.

We are looking for a competent and experienced individual to manage the administrative tasks necessary for the smooth operation of Foundation and Internal Medicine Training (IMT) within the Medical Education department. You will be responsible for the organisation and management of the Foundation and IMT programmes, placements and events within the Trust.

Please can you explain why you are applying for this role in the supporting statement section within the application.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the Head of Medical Education (HME) and Medical Education Manager (MEM) to develop and put in place administrative systems that are uniform, effective and efficient to support the work of the Department and support the Foundation Programme leads and IMT Leads to ensure training curricula and compliance is met within the Trust. The role encompasses the management of the Foundation & IMT Administrator and their work streams.

The post holder will have responsibility for managing the cross site Foundation Programme and Internal Medicine Trainee Programme (IMT). This will require working closely with the, Tutors, Faculty Leads, Foundation Training Programme Directors (FTPDs) on both sites to ensure that quality management procedures are in place and that the Foundation School and Specialty Schools requirements' are met.

The post holder will facilitate the delivery of the Foundation and IMT Teaching programmes, including mapping to the curriculum. An important part of the role will be to promote an active social network within the group to encourage team support and provide pastoral support to the Foundation Trainees (approx. 150) and IMT Trainees (approx. 50) offering assistance and advice when necessary.

Please see attached Job Description for further information.

About us

In this year's NHS staff survey, our employees voted to recommend us as an employer, positioning us as the second most recommended NHS Trust in the South East.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.