KSS Deanery BSMS Leadership and Education Fellow

Integrated Care System; Dartford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Dartford is seeking a KSS Deanery BSMS Leadership and Education Fellow for 2025/6. The role focuses on leading a project developing a hospital at home team to provide acute care in patients' homes. Candidates must have medical qualifications, full GMC registration, and demonstrate team leadership and teaching experience. This is a 12-month fellowship, combining non-clinical leadership work and clinical interaction with the dedicated team.

Qualifications

• Medical qualification required.
• Full GMC Registration needed prior to appointment.
• Publications in recognized journals are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead project work for hospital at home initiative.
• Participate in leadership and education development programs.
• Work clinically with hospital at home team.

Skills

Management of medical emergencies

Team leadership

Academic excellence

Knowledge of NHS management

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Full GMC Registration and License to Practice

Intercalated BSc or equivalent higher degrees

Job description

KSS Deanery BSMS Leadership and Education Fellow

KSS Deanery BSMS Leadership and Education Fellow 2025/6

Salary Range:

As per experience and previous service

(Higher Specialty Resident Doctor level)

Base:

Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust

Contract:

12 months

Directorate:

Medicine and Emergency Care / Medical Education

Accountable to:

Clinical Lead / Director of Medical Education

Main duties of the job

The focus of this Higher Specialty Trainee level fellowship post is to lead on project that aims to further develop the hospital at home team.

Hospital at home is an initiative that has been developed at Darent Valley Hospital to provide short-term, acute care within patients' homes (including residential and care homes) to manage acute problems and safely reduce the need for in-patient hospital care. It is led by a senior multidisciplinary team who have expertise in hospital based acute care, and aims to manage the holistic needs of the patients.

This fellowship will enable a senior trainee to work with the multidisciplinary team to further develop the project. This will embed service development and leadership skills, working with the wider hospital leadership team. This would include being a stakeholder in the hospital-wide programme to improve patient flow, attendance at patient safety reporting meetings and complaints responses.

About us

We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer. We strive to employ people who reflect the communities we serve, and aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their full potential. Whatever your race, ethnicity, belief, generation, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability or experience, you'll appreciate the opportunities we give you to work in an inclusive atmosphere. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build on the progress we've achieved to make our Trust diverse and the best place to work. We celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that help us overcome challenges and embrace new possibilities.

If you are considering applying for a role, please be aware that as an NHS Employee you may have contact with vulnerable service users. We strongly encourage that all of our staff are double vaccinated against COVID-19 and are vaccinated annually against Flu, in order to protect the health and safety of our staff and our patients. Your commitment will help us to put the safety and care of our patients first, as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues.

Job responsibilities

Three days non-clinical 0.6 FTE (60% minimum) for leadership and education fellowship work leading specified project work and participating in the development programme, including attendance at BSMS for the academic modules, Learning Network attendance and personal study.

The days for module attendance vary, but it is asked that Fridays are one of the non-clinical days, so that all Fellows are available on those days for contact.

Two days will be spent working with the hospital at home team clinically, involving input into virtual reviews, patient case review, home visits and administration

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oMBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• oFull GMC Registration and License to Practice at the time of appointment
• oIntercalated BSc or equivalent Higher degrees including MSc, PhD or MD
• oPublications in recognised medical or academic journals
• oAttendance at medical courses and conferences

Knowledge

• oCompetence in independent management of medical emergencies
• oEvidence of independently leading teams
• oAcademic excellence
• oAn understanding of NHS management and resources

Experience

• oEvidence of good career progression as demonstrated by employment history - at least 12 months working in the NHS
• oExperience in delivery of teaching and education.
• oEvidence of active participation in audit
• oEvidence of interest and experience in delivering teaching to medical students and trainees
• oExperience of setting up courses
• oFaculty on local or national courses
• oExperience of Quality Improvement projects

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.