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Salary An exciting opportunity has arisen within the NHS England North East for a Training Programme Director (TPD) / Educational Lead within the School of Public Health. The School brings local Faculty of Public Health officers, NHS England North East staff and Trusts together to ensure the effective organisation and delivery of Postgraduate Medical Education.
NHS England North East is inviting applicants for the above role. The TPD will be accountable to the Head of School and the Deputy Dean for Specialty Training and hence to the Postgraduate Dean. They will have defined responsibility for the management of doctors in training and the Training Programme within the School.
Start date: 1stApril 2024
Hours per week: 2 PAs (notional) per week
Remuneration: £20,500 per annum (fixed rate).
If you are interested in this role and would like to find out more, please contact Julie Khan, Business Manager for Specialty Training,Julie.khan@nhs.net Tel no: 0191 275 4742
Interviews for this post will take place in March 2024
TPD responsibilities include:
• Manage the recruitment of trainees (including calculating vacancies, website information, participating in local / national career fairs, analysis of recruitment data)
• Manage the review process for trainees (including review panels, drafting paperwork / management reports for review appeals and presenting the specialty case at any appeal panels)
• Organisation of trainee rotations
• Ensure that the curriculum can be delivered within the local Training Programme.
• Develop a network of educational supervisors who may need to be trained in the necessary tools for reviewing trainees.
• Ensure completion of an annual specialty quality management report
• Provide careers information, guidance, and advice to trainees.
• Support doctors with differing/individual training needs
• Ensure that the interests of less than full time and academic trainees are accommodated.
• Attend regional and national meetings (potentially including School Board / STC / SAC)
Potentially arrange and participate in specialty / School visits to Local Education Providers
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new 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
• Delivering value for money.
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.
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.
This advert closes on Monday 25 Mar 2024
