Deputy Academic Training Programme Director - Diagnostics and Digital (West Yorkshire)

University of Leeds; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Leeds invites applications for the role of Deputy Academic Training Programme Director (Diagnostic and Digital) in West Yorkshire.

You will lead academic training placements across Histopathology, Clinical Radiology, Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Haematology, overseeing supervision and progression of residents.

The post reports to the Academic Training Programme Director and Deputy Dean, with a focus on improving supervision and assessment within NIHR IAT.

Responsibilities

• Oversee academic training placements and monitor progression within Diagnostics and Digital themes.
• Improve academic supervision and the assessment experience for residents.
• Ensure effective processes support academic progression in NIHR IAT programmes.

Job description

Deputy Academic Training Programme Director - Diagnostics and Digital (West Yorkshire)

Are you an established consultant clinical academic? Would you like to have a leadership role in the NIHR Integrated Academic Training programme in West Yorkshire which promotes academic clinical research careers in the region? Do you have a track record of influence and leadership within the academic and clinical environment?

West Yorkshire has a vibrant clinical academic research community across many clinical specialties requiring strategic partnership between the University of Leeds, NHS England North East and Yorkshire and regional NHS partners including Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.

Deputy Academic Training Programme Directors are commissioned by the Postgraduate Deanery (NHS England North East and Yorkshire) to manage academic training placements and to monitor and promote academic progression within a range of specialties linked to broad themes within the NIHR Integrated Academic Training (IAT) programme. At the University of Leeds these themes are Medicine, Surgery, Health Sciences, Diagnostics and Digital.

The Deputy Academic Training Programme Director (Diagnostic and Digital specialties) oversees clinical academic training linked to Diagnostic and Digital themed specialties including Histopathology, Clinical Radiology, Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Haematology.

The Deputy Academic Training Programme Directors are professionally and managerially accountable to the Academic Training Programme Director and through them to the Postgraduate Dean/Deputy Dean. The Deputy Academic Training Programme Director (Diagnostic and Digital specialties) will focus upon improvement of academic supervision, the assessment and experience of academic residents ensuring effective processes are in place to support academic progression.

If you have any informal enquiries about the post, please contact:

Prof Mark Kearney, Faculty Pro-Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, email: [e-mail]

or Mr Willy Pillay, Deputy Postgraduate Dean, NHS England North East and Yorkshire Deanery, email: [e-mail]