Head of School for Emergency Medicine

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare organization is seeking a Head of School for Emergency Medicine in Leeds. This leadership role involves overseeing quality and management of educational programs, maintaining clinical commitments, and ensuring compliance with training standards. Candidates must have a medical degree and relevant leadership experience. This position offers a secondment opportunity with flexible hours, supporting professional development and collaboration across the health education sector.

Qualifications

• Experience working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context.
• Experience of clinical and educational leadership.
• Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective clinical leadership.
• Implement the NHSE Quality Framework and manage specialty-specific matters.
• Recruit to training posts and manage postgraduate programs.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Primary medical qualification or On the Specialist Register

Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, Professional Association and/or Regulatory Body

Job description

An outstanding individual is sought to fulfil the role of Head of School for Emergency Medicine.

The post will be available on the basis of a secondment arrangement to NHS England remunerated on the NHS Consultant Pay Scale - 3 PA / 12 hours per week.

All work undertaken is to be incorporated into the Consultant Job Plan.

As Head of School, you will be responsible for the overall quality, management and supervision of the programmes within your School. You will be responsible for ensuring all programmes meet the standards defined by NHS England, the GMC and Royal College. You will work closely with NHS England's senior educators, other Heads of Schools, Directors of Medical Education, and Training Programme Directors to ensure that each trainee is able to access a comprehensive range of experiences which will enable them to cover the speciality curricula.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to maintain a clinical commitment. It is essential that you have a medical degree, membership/fellowship of the relevant Royal College/Faculty and have a current substantive contract as an NHS Consultant in a relevant specialty. In addition, you should possess excellent leadership skills and meet professional requirements for Continuing Professional Development and Revalidation and make a wider professional contribution through academic and managerial responsibilities.

This role is a North East & Yorkshire role so your work would span the whole region. The post is offered on a secondment basis and all candidates are reminded that if they are successful, they are responsible for securing written agreement from their employer for release from clinical work for the specified number of PAs.

About us

Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.

Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms -- including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

We lead the NHS in England by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation

Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.

If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.

Job responsibilities

Leadership

To provide effective clinical leadership.

To work on behalf ofYorkshire and the Humber Deanery,providing expertadviceon specialty-specificmatters.

Quality and safetyTo implement the NHSE Quality Framework andEducation and Training Quality Improvement and Performance.School Programme Management

Specialty-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns.

Recruitment to training posts and programmes.

Postgraduate programme management, including assessments, progression, rotations, support and remediation, OOP management, trainee management, careers support, less than full-time training, inter-deanery transfer, academic training and other related work-streams.

ToattendSchool meetings within the structureand other relevant meetings.

To meet Code of Practice requirements

Educational and Workforce Development

To advise and support in educational and workforce development elements.

Strategic Workforce Development and Commissioning

To develop educational programmes where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies.

FinanceToensure compliance with procurement requirements.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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Leadership

To provide effective clinical leadership.

To work on behalf ofYorkshire and the Humber Deanery,providing expertadviceon specialty-specificmatters.

Quality and safetyTo implement the NHSE Quality Framework andEducation and Training Quality Improvement and Performance.School Programme Management

Specialty-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns.

Recruitment to training posts and programmes.

Postgraduate programme management, including assessments, progression, rotations, support and remediation, OOP management, trainee management, careers support, less than full-time training, inter-deanery transfer, academic training and other related work-streams.

ToattendSchool meetings within the structureand other relevant meetings.

To meet Code of Practice requirements

Educational and Workforce Development

To advise and support in educational and workforce development elements.

Strategic Workforce Development and Commissioning

To develop educational programmes where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies.

FinanceToensure compliance with procurement requirements.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

Qualifications

• Primary medical qualification or On the Specialist Register
• Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, Professional Association and/or Regulatory Body

Experience

• Experience of working with learners or doctors in training in educational context
• Experience of clinical and educational leadership
• Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education

Skills

• Leadership
• Problem solving
• Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills

Depending on experienceIn line with HoS sessional payments