We are recruiting for a Deputy Medical Education Manager who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The post holder will support the Medical Education Manager and Director of Medical Education (DME) in the provision of the management and coordination of medical education programmes across the Trust.
The post holder will assist the Medical Education Manager and various Tutors in the implementation of the Education Contract, as issued by Health Education East of England (HEEE) for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students and trainees.
This post will provide a comprehensive and confidential service for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education across the Trust in accordance with departmental, Trust and national standards, policies, and procedures.
The post holder will be required to work with autonomy, managing own workload and that of junior medical education personnel, to effectively deliver a wide and complex range of administrative duties, sometimes with competing demands and of a sensitive and confidential nature.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
To contribute to the formulation of strategic plans to develop the Medical Education service across the Trust.
Contribute to the development of projects, and their implementation, in response to national, regional or local development in medical education strategy, to ensure that the department and its functions continue to remain aligned with the relevant external criteria.
The post holder will contribute to ensuring compliance with external stakeholder education policies and procedures.
Communicate with a wide range of individuals from internal and external bodies in relation to Medical Education activities and curriculum requirements.
To be required to communicate with staff with regard to a variety of issues which at times could be perceived as contentious, by demonstrating a high level of tact and diplomacy.
To assist the Undergraduate Tutor and other Training Programme Directors/Tutors with the management of sensitive issues, such as supporting students in difficulty, with performance or personal concerns, and referring issues to relevant Medical Schools where appropriate
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & 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; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & 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, with detail regarding main responsibilities for this post.
This advert closes on Friday 25 Oct 2024