GP Training Programme Director

4 weeks ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom NHS England Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced individual to join our team as a GP Training Programme Director. This is an exciting opportunity to take part in the development of Postgraduate General Practice and Primary Care Education throughout the West Yorkshire region of HEEYH.

Main Duties

The GP Training Programme Director will work with the Deputy Head of School and other colleagues in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions to ensure the quality of training within the scheme. This includes working with and supporting the Head of School in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions, aligned to the Health Education England mandate.

The Training Programme Director is professionally and managerially accountable to the Deputy Head of School. The role involves focusing on the improvement of learner supervision, assessment, and experience, engagement of faculty, and ensuring effective educational outcomes, both now and in the future.

About Us

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.

The new NHS England board has set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all. This purpose will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this 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.
Job Responsibilities

The Training Programme Director 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.

As a provider of medical education and training, the Training Programme Director should undergo an annual appraisal, with feedback on involvement in postgraduate education and training provided by the Deputy Head of School.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

  • Primary clinical healthcare qualification.
  • Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, professional association, and/or regulatory body.
  • Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development at an appropriate level.

Desirable

  • Working towards higher professional qualification such as Diploma or Masters in Medical Education.

Skills and Abilities

  • A strong sense of vision and ability to innovate.
  • 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.
  • Demonstrates clinical and educational leadership skills.

Desirable

  • Has strategic planning skills.
  • Has expertise in change management.

Experience and Knowledge

  • Experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context.
  • Has a thorough understanding of the work of the general practitioners and other healthcare practitioners and their challenges.
  • Knowledge of adult education, theory, and delivery in service.
  • Understanding of developments involving the relevant Colleges/Faculties, professional bodies, related NHS organisations, and regulatory bodies.
  • 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.
  • Demonstrates a proactive approach to personal CPD as a clinician in their professional role.

Desirable

  • Trained and experienced in recruitment, selection, and Equality and Diversity in the last 3 years.
  • Expertise in the support of doctors in difficulty.


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