Director of Medical Education

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB TITLE: Director of Medical Education

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Chief Executive and Trust Board

RESPONSIBLE TO: Medical Director and Postgraduate Dean

KEY RELATIONSHIPS: Medical Director, Deputy Medical Directors and Associate Medical Directors, Associate Director Medical Directorate, Medical Education Manager, Matron for Medical Education, Trust Board, Divisional Clinical Directors and Heads of Clinical Services, Guardian of Safe Working Hours, College Tutors, doctors and dentists in training, Medical School.

ACCOUNTABLE FOR: Planning and delivery of Undergraduate and Postgraduate medical education

Introduction:

The post holder will ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care in keeping with the Trusts goal of striving for excellence. In doing so they will be committed to embedding the four core values of the Trust:

- High Standards

- Caring

- Respect

- Improving

Job Purpose:

The Director of Medical Education (DME) will provide leadership, strategic direction and vision for the assurance, management and delivery of postgraduate and undergraduate medical education in the Trust. They are responsible for the quality of the learning environment within the Trust provided for medical students and doctors in training.

The DME will work with the Medical Director, Associate Director Medical Directorate and the Director of Workforce and OD as executive lead for education to develop effective medical workforce plans and to ensure the smooth running of the education centres in the Trust.

The DME in partnership with the Associate Director Medical Directorate will oversee the appropriate and transparent use of the educational tariff received by the Trust for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental education, working with others to promote inter-professional education across all healthcare learner disciplines.

College tutors will be accountable to the DME for delivery in their areas.

Key Responsibilities:

To ensure that the Trust has in place standards for undergraduates and postgraduate medical education across all its sites, ensuring accreditation of all relevant posts.

To ensure the development of suitable learning environment and ensuring that the right people are in place to support undergraduate and postgraduate learning.

To support the Trusts strategic objectives and contribute to its broader education strategy including facilitation of multi-professional learning.

To chair the Trusts Medical Education Committee.

To attend the Clinical Forum and other appropriate governance forums as required to appraise the Medical Director, Divisional Clinical Directors and Heads of Clinical Service of issues in Medical Education.

To participate in other meetings as required representing medical education.

To ensure the Trust delivers its HEE contract, including the quality standards required by that contract, providing a focus and leadership for medical education developments within the Trust.

To be responsible for the activities of the locally based medical postgraduate education team.

To work with, supervise and mentor college/locality tutors in the Trust

To ensure that the planning for and actions arising from college visits is robustly managed.

To maintain close links with the Postgraduate Dean, Associate Dean and with HEE officers and staff.

To oversee the provision of induction, assessment, careers advice and counselling for all training grades with the help where appropriate of the core Medical Directors Office, Matron for Medical Education, Royal College and Specialty Tutors.

To be responsible for the maintenance of the local contribution to the National Trainee Database.

To ensure that the standards required by the General Medical Council are met for those undertaking their foundation training within the Trust including support and appropriate education programmes.

To collaborate with the General Practice Tutors and GP Training Programme Directors so as to ensure that GP trainees offer educational programmes and support which satisfy the requirements of the Dean of Postgraduate General Practice Education.

To support the provision of excellent placement programmes for undergraduate medical students.

To plan and provide educational programmes (in consultation with college specialty tutors appointed by the Royal Colleges and Faculties consultant staff and junior doctors).

To work with the Medical Director and Divisional colleagues to ensure the delivery of appropriate induction procedures and programmes for doctors in training.

To work closely with the Matron for Medical Education to monitor and support the wellbeing of medical students and doctors in training

To ensure the delivery of high-quality educational supervision through the development and delivery of the Excellence in Supervision programme.

To support the Medical Director and Chief Executive to deliver the Trusts aspirations to become a Teaching Trust and then a University Trust.

To work in partnership with the Associate Director Medical Directorate and the Medical Education Manager to manage the budget ensuring that appropriate systems are in place to identify and control income and expenditure including the allocation of study leave funds for doctors in training).

To work with Trust finance staff to ensure that expenditure against the budget can be fully and clearly accounted for.

To oversee the management of medical learners who are involved in serious incidents (SI), complaints, conduct and capability investigations to ensure there are appropriate support mechanisms in place and there is an effective reporting structure to inform the learners responsible officer as appropriate.

To assure there is a robust system in place for supporting trainees requiring additional support and signposting them to local and regional support mechanisms.

To be an active member of NACT UK including attending NACT UK medical education leadership development courses and raising concerns and proposals for improving education through the regional NACT Council representatives.

To remain up to date with modern concepts of healthcare educational leadership and innovations in medical education, undertaking training to meet any learning needs identified

Support for the role

The post holder will be supported by a Deputy Director of Medical Education, the Associate Director Medical Directorate, Medical Education Manager and the wider Medical Education Team.

The post holder will be supported with professional leave and expenses to cover the additional costs incurred in attending regional and national meetings whilst undertaking this role.

Tenure & Remuneration

The post will be appointed to as a permanent post attracting a 4 PA allocation and Responsibility Payment of £15k. It is intended that these programmed activities will be delivered within core working hours and be fixed in time and place. If taking this role alongside another clinical role the successful post holder will be expected to hold a job plan of not more than 12 PA unless explicitly agreed with the Medical Director.

The appointment is subject to annual appraisal and review by the Medical Director and Postgraduate Dean (or nominated representative) and can be terminated with normal contractual notice.

The post is offered on the basis of the prevailing national TCS and pay scales for the grade of the successful candidate. These may be obtained from the NHS Employers website or provided upon request.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of TCS of doctors in training including appropriate rota rules

Desirable

• Knowledge of recent development in medical education and of key issues

Experience

Essential

• Consultant or SAS Grade Doctor

Desirable

• Previous experience of postgraduate education & training
• Previous management experience and training

Qualifications

Essential

• Medical or dental practitioner with postgraduate qualifications in teaching/education.
• Please state your GMC number.

Management Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Good time management.

Desirable

• Possess good organisational skills.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Clear understanding of equal opportunities
• Facilitation, interpersonal, mediation and negotiation skills in order to promote medical and dental education and challenge practice within the LEP
• Ability to manage budget
• Proven ability in leadership to achieve goal, manage change and deal with constraints
• Awareness of own limitations
• Flexibility

Desirable

• Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses
• Ability to contribute to the development of the Trust, the Unit and its services
• Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
• Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas or project work.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Trust HQ and Education Centre, Pinderfields Hospital

Aberford Road

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Employer's website

https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)