Head of School of Medicine and Pathology

NHS England; Nursling; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic Consultant to lead the School of Medicine and Pathology within a forward-thinking organization. This role involves overseeing postgraduate education, ensuring high standards, and engaging with key stakeholders to enhance training programs. The position offers flexibility and the chance to make a significant impact in the healthcare sector. Join a compassionate and inclusive workplace committed to personal development and delivering high-quality services to patients. If you're passionate about education and leadership in healthcare, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in educational leadership and managing multi-professional teams.
• Knowledge of NHS structures and healthcare workforce matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Postgraduate School of Medicine and Pathology.
• Ensure high standards of learner supervision and assessment.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Primary Clinical Healthcare Qualification

Membership/Fellowship of a College

Job description

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Head of School of Medicine and Pathology

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Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition,although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

As part of NHS England, Workforce Training and Education Directorate, South East Region, the Wessex Local Office is responsible for the planning, development, education and training of the future and current healthcare and public health workforce across Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Salisbury.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forward thinking and dynamic Consultant to be the new Head ofSchool of Medicine and Pathology. The School provides a framework for partnership between NHS England, The Royal College of Physicians, The Royal College of Pathologists and local Trusts, to ensure the highest standards of specialty training.

This is a challenging role and requires the ability to demonstrate leadership in postgraduate education, negotiating with key stakeholders and ensuring high standards all the way. There is a busy immediate agenda with supporting the ongoing development of the existing core and higher training programmes and to support service transformation and scope new training opportunities to complement and enhance the current programmes.

Main duties of the job

The Head of School is professionally and managerially accountable to the Postgraduate Dean. The Head of School will focus upon improvement of learner supervision, assessment and experience, engagement of faculty and ensuring effective educational outcomes, both now and in the future. The role is evolving and will also focus on whole workforce transformation and developing multi-professional links mas well as innovative ways of curriculum delivery and workforce well-being strategies.

Although the main role is to lead and develop the Postgraduate School of Medicine and Pathology all senior clinicians within NHS England may have wider roles and projects as agreed with the Postgraduate Dean.

Working for our organisation

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose 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

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post is on a secondment basis for an initial period of three years, extendable subject to satisfactory appraisal for a further three years. Three Educational Management Contributions (EMCs) per week are available for this role. In addition, support will be available for your personal and educational development.

The fixed level of funding contribution for this role is £36,000 per annum, as an Educational Management Contribution (EMC). The number of EMCs indicatively equates to the number of PAs for job planning; however, the level of funding for EMCs are fixed and may not equate to your individual personal salary with your employer in relation to your planned activities. Prior to applying, please ensure you have discussed this role with your local Clinical Director Lead/Director of Medical Education to ensure that this work functions as a secondment with time freed up in your job plan to fulfil expectations. The financial contribution to the Trust is to support backfill for any clinical time.

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification 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 clinical healthcare qualification
• Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, professional association and/or regulatory body
• Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development (example: educator courses, Train the trainer, etc)

Experience

• Considerable experience of working with doctors in an educational context
• Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team
• Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education
• Trained and experienced in recruitment, selection and equality and diversity trained in last 3 years
• Active involvement in, and up to date with, appraisal processes
• Knowledge of the NHS, its structures and processes, including an understanding of healthcare/multi-professional workforce matters, the Gold Guide and educational theory
• Applicants who are doctors require a Licence to Practise

Skills

• Demonstrable Leadership skills and an ability to motivate others
• A strong sense of vision and an ability to innovate
• Politically astute with an ability to sensitively manage complexity and uncertainty
• Ability to problem solve and maintain objectivity
• Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills
• Ability to quickly establish personal and professional credibility with colleagues and other key stakeholders
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Committed to own personal development and an ability to support others to develop and progress

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.

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If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.

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