Medical Education Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen within The Lister Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education department.
We are recruiting for a Medical Education Manager who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients
You will enjoy working in a challenging and fast paced environment and have a breadth of knowledge and experience across a range of Medical Education programmes in the NHS. You will enjoy building a strong and committed team of people; administrators and tutors, whilst working closely with a range of directors, senior doctors and medical students/trainees. You will also be familiar with and confident liaising with external organisations across the Integrated Care System, NHS England – East of England and Medical Schools.
This is an excellent opportunity for anyone wishing to further their career in a business function and with a keen interest in supporting the development of our future doctors, ensuring the highest quality learning experiences for our medical students and trainees.
Our Values are I nclude, R espect and I mprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
In collaboration with the Director of Medical Education (DME) and College Tutors, the post holder will implement NHS England, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine (UCSCM) and the University College London (UCL) initiatives into operational performance within the Trust to enhance education and training.
The post encompasses lead responsibility for the quality assurance, innovation and governance for the Department of Medical Education against the Education Contract (previously Learning and Development Agreement (LDA)) with NHS England and the Undergraduate agreements with UCSCM and UCL. You will therefore act as the main link between NHS England - East of England and the Trust and be responsible for the monitoring and achievement of GMC, NHSE, UCSCM and UCL and Trust targets.
The post involves financial management responsibilities associated with the Education Contract, including business planning, departmental policy and service development.
The role will require the individual to represent the department on behalf of the DME both within the Trust and at meetings with external organisations (Foundation School, National Association Clinical Tutor, NHSE - East of England and Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education forums and at times deputising for the DME / Associate Medical Director for Education and Training.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.