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Main area
Stroke Medicine
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Secondment: 3 years (An opportunity to extend this contract for 2 years may be offered.)
Hours
Part time - 0.25 sessions per week (1 hour)
Job ref
990-SE-6710120-E
Employer
NHS England
Employer type
NHS
Site
2nd Floor, Sandford Gate
Town
Oxford
Salary
Salary paid in line with TPD sessional payments
Closing
26/11/2024 23:59

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Training Programme Director - Stroke Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

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

We are looking to recruit to the role of Stroke Medicine Training Programme Director.  This post is a Secondment for 3 years with the opportunity for a further 2 year extension.  The role is for 0.25EMC 1 hour per week which equates to £2500 per annum.

The role of Training Programme Director is to work with and support the Head of School in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions, aligned to the NHS England mandate

Main duties of the job

The Training Programme Director is professionally and managerially accountable to the Head of School. The Training Programme Director 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.  

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
  • Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://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.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.  

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To support the Postgraduate Dean, Training Programme Directors will work across the spectrum of health and where relevant, social care, within the context of a team, so that the provision of education reflects changing service models.  This will deliver an integrated workforce comprising individuals from a spectrum of professional and other backgrounds. 

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

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills.

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context.
  • Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team.

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • Primary clinical healthcare qualification.
  • Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, professional association and/or regulatory body relevant to the specialty.
  • Currently working as a consultant in the appropriate specialty area.
  • A continuing quest for personal and professional development.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Matthew Giles
Job title
Interim Head of School of Medicine
Email address
[email protected]
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