Deputy Head of Medical Education and Knowledge & Library Services

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust as the Deputy Head of Medical Education, leading innovative training initiatives and library services to enhance medical education across the organization. With your extensive experience and leadership skills, you will ensure compliance with educational standards and contribute to the development of healthcare professionals.

Benefits

Staff development opportunities

NHS pension scheme enrollment

Free psychological support

Onsite parking for £50 per year

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years senior management experience in medical education.
• Proven team leadership and budget management skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver medical education training and Library Services.
• Support training programs for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Resident Doctors.
• Develop and monitor educational governance processes.

Skills

Leadership

Budget Management

Education Policy Implementation

Equality & Diversity Promotion

Education

PG Certificate in Managing Clinical Education

MBA or master's degree in Business or Education

Management qualification from Leadership Academy

Job description

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We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.

Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people's own homes.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated 'Outstanding' and Eastbourne DGH was rated 'Good' Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.

Job overview

The Deputy Head of Medical Education, Knowledge and Library Services provides expert medical training knowledge, planning and leadership to the Integrated Education, Medical Education, Knowledge and Library Services Team.

Working with the Director of Medical Education, Assistant Director HR (Education), Training Programme Directors and College Tutors, the post holder acts as the Lead for Undergraduate, Foundation and Speciality Medical Education across both hospital sites to ensure that all national, regional and local policies and procedures affecting undergraduate, foundation and speciality medical education are complied with. This includes ensuring NHSE Education Funding Agreement 2024-2027 and Medical School SLAs, are delivered and the required local, regional and national educational standards are met.

To plan, develop, provide and monitor library and learning technology services for all learners and educators at ESHT, this includes all students/adult learners from all roles and levels within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

• Responsibility for the delivery medical education training, and the delivery of Knowledge & Library Services as part of the Integrated Education Service
• Supporting a broad range of training programmes and complex educational activities for Undergraduate/Postgraduate Resident Doctors including identification of training opportunities, training the trainers, Educational and Clinical Supervision Training in line with GMC and Educators Strategy to include the co-ordination of projects to assess and/or improve medical education.
• Be responsible for the development of organisational processes that provide a foundation for the maximisation of performance, learning, innovation and improvement across Medical Education, Knowledge & Library services.
• As part of the Integrated Education Leadership Team contribute to developing a range of educational governance processes to monitor for effectiveness of educational delivery and impact, this will include monitoring the Safer Learning Environment Charter and Educators Strategy.
• Working with the Integrated Education Leadership Team to ensure that education action plans are linked to Divisional service delivery plans.
• Provide reports to the education Leadership Team for the divisional boards, directorate business meetings, local faculty groups and performance reviews.
• Define and develop a Medical Education and LKS strategy and annual plans to form part of the wider Education Strategy that will inform the Chief People Officer's ESHT

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• PG Certificate in Managing Clinical Education (or another relevant field)
• MBA or master's degree with Business and or Education focus
• Management qualification- Leadership Academy (EGA), PG qualification master's level in leadership and or management
• Evidence of continued professional development in relevant subject

Desirable criteria

• Professional Registration: e.g. Nursing and Medical Council, Health Care Professions Council
• Educated to master's degree level in Library & Information Science or relevant, related subject.
• Good honours degree / postgraduate degree in library / information science.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum of five years of senior management experience (at least 3-5 years' experience in a senior Medical Education role).
• Proven operational leadership of team
• Significant proven budget management experience

Desirable criteria

• Proven experience in other fields of education including non-NHS organisations.
• Previous experience of working in the NHS

Skills

Essential criteria

• NHS England Strategic Policies including national workforce policies
• Equality & Diversity issues, effectively promoted for staff and patients

Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Our vision is to be:

• The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex.

Our mission is to:

• Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services.

Our strategic objectives are to:

• Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority.
• Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients' experiences.
• Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable.

Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are:

• Safe
• Effective
• Caring
• Responsive and
• Well led

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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Application numbers

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Documents to download

• Deputy Head of Medical Education and Knowledge & Library Services (PDF, 336.4KB)
• Guidance for Applicants - AFC (PDF, 152.4KB)