Job summary
Secondment cover: Associate Dean for the Return to Practice Programme, London Region
Appropriate Medical grade - up to 4 sessions Medical Grade
An exciting opportunity has arisen to cover the post of Associate Dean for the Return to Practice programmes London Region from September 2023 to February 2024 while the current postholder is on secondment.
Essential qualifications and experiences for the role:
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in clinical education for an extended period.
- Experience of providing professional support for medical and dental trainees/ or learners from across the healthcare professions in the NHS
- Full registration and in "good standing" with the GMC
- Membership examination of appropriate Royal College as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
Key elements for this excitingroleinclude:
- Leading the GP Return to Practice Programme for the London Region
- Participating in the Professional Development Team supporting both trainees and educators in the London Region.
About us
Professional development services in London Region are centrally coordinated to ensure consistent high quality provision .
Professional development in London Region comprises :
TheProfessionalSupportUnit(PSU)providing specialist support to doctors and dentists in training, and other eligible learners from across the healthcare professions, ensuring that the postgraduate deans are compliant with the Responsible Officer (RO) regulations.
The MultiprofessionalFacultyDevelopmentteamprovides support to educators and promotes multi-professional approaches to development.
On 1 April 2023 Health Education England became part of the new NHS England. Our people are our most important asset; recruiting and retaining the best talent remains crucial to our success. We continue to recruit externally where we cannot fill vacancies internally. We hope you choose to join us but please be aware that some roles may be subject to change in the future. We want to attract and retain highly skilled people to enable us to work with our partners to plan, recruit, educate and train the health workforce. Please note, some supporting documentation attached to this vacancy refers to the legacy organisation, previously known as Health Education England, now NHS England. Work is continuing to harmonise the new NHS England recruitment service and any reference to Health Education England will be updated in due course. More information about the transition to the new NHS Englandis available here.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Awareness & understanding of the priorities of the role
- Ability to provide 1:1 assessment of and support to clients with complex needs and refer as appropriate
- Understanding of and ability to adhere to the PSU's confidentiality policy
- Ability to provide 1:1 careers guidance to PSU clients
- Up to date knowledge of research in Medical/ Health Professions Education
- Ability to work as part of a multi-professional team
- Proficiency in use of IT e.g outlook
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or higher or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in clinical education for an extended period.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Full registration in "good standing" with a clinical regulator e.g. GMC, NMC, GDC, HCPC / if non-clinical ability to demonstrate understanding and experience of managing clinical related issues
- Membership examination of appropriate Royal College
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working with medical/ dental trainees and learners in training in an educational context and in the NHS
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership
- Experience of providing professional support for medical and dental trainees/ or learners from across the healthcare professions
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant HEE policies e.g. fitness to practice
- Academic understanding of clinical education
- Understanding of undergraduate and postgraduate Medical and Dental education, education across the healthcare professions and the application of quality frameworks to these
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Awareness & understanding of the priorities of the role
- Ability to provide 1:1 assessment of and support to clients with complex needs and refer as appropriate
- Understanding of and ability to adhere to the PSU's confidentiality policy
- Ability to provide 1:1 careers guidance to PSU clients
- Up to date knowledge of research in Medical/ Health Professions Education
- Ability to work as part of a multi-professional team
- Proficiency in use of IT e.g outlook
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or higher or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in clinical education for an extended period.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Full registration in "good standing" with a clinical regulator e.g. GMC, NMC, GDC, HCPC / if non-clinical ability to demonstrate understanding and experience of managing clinical related issues
- Membership examination of appropriate Royal College
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working with medical/ dental trainees and learners in training in an educational context and in the NHS
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership
- Experience of providing professional support for medical and dental trainees/ or learners from across the healthcare professions
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant HEE policies e.g. fitness to practice
- Academic understanding of clinical education
- Understanding of undergraduate and postgraduate Medical and Dental education, education across the healthcare professions and the application of quality frameworks to these
Additional information
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).
