Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Education
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 213-CORP-7054554
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Camberwell
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inc HCA's
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Post Foundation Speciality Manager
NHS AfC: Band 6
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Job overview
This role is pivotal in overseeing the high quality delivery of core and higher specialty training programmes (post Foundation). Ensuring that the strong relationships with key stakeholders, both internal (all Divisions across the trust) and external (NHSE, GMC and Royal College’s) are maintained.
Main duties of the job
With support and guidance from the PGMDE team you will be responsible for managing the King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education responsibilities under Education Funding Contract arrangements, in the provision of educational matters and educational governance arrangements.
To provide operational management for all core and higher specialties ensuring that trainees and Training Programme Directors have the appropriate support.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Management of Core and Specialty Training Programmes
· To provide guidance and support to Training Programme Directors in the management of post foundation training and to keep up to date with any changes in programmes and their curriculums.
· Keep up to date with the recruitment process for Core and Specialty Training Programmes.
· To support and guide Educational Leads to ensure Local Faculty Group Meetings are scheduled regularly throughout the year and to ensure a copy of the minutes is kept by PGMDE for any quality actions required for NHSE.
· Should any administrative support be required for the LFG meetings to provide this and record the actions of this meeting.
· To work with the PGMDE Quality Manager in providing any evidence to complete any quality action following the National Trainee Survey (NTS) or any Quality visits.
· To support, manage and coordinate any regional training days with the speciality Training Programme Directors (TPD’s).
· Work with TPD’s to implement any changes in the curriculum delivery.
· To ensure information is circulated to all leads and Education Supervisors to participate in central ARCP’s and meet the target set by NHSE for King’s
· Analyse data and make recommendations for improvements, or develop solutions for problems.
· Assist the PGMDE team with the Trust Medical Induction for Junior Doctors and Consultants Induction and the KCL OSCE’s as and when required.
2. Support for LED & SAS Doctors
· To work closely with the LED Tutor and SAS Advocate & Tutor to provide support and guidance in the management of these Locally Employed Doctors
· To create and maintain a programme of courses and simulation that will support their career delivery
· To provide any portfolio support
· To attend any relevant courses or meetings for the development of this group
· To support any locally employed doctors along with the tutors in their career development
3. Trainee Representative Management
· To manage at the start of each speciality rotation year that a representative is in place and is added to the PGMDE database
· To work with the Director of Medical Education and Senior Medical Education Manager to set up regular developmental meetings
· To invite the reps to any relevant meetings
· At the end of the year provide any reps with a certificate or letter of their term
· To attend any relevant meetings and keep an action tracker
· To work with the Guardian of Safe Working to share the list of reps and promote the Resident Doctor Forum Meetings
4. Quality Management and Educational Governance
· Working closely with Senior PGMDE management ensure that there are robust quality assurance arrangements in place for the training programmes.
· Ensure effective communications between the TPDs, Supervisors and individual trainees are maintained.
- Assist with the planning, preparation and reporting for quality reviews, planned specialty quality visits (internal and external).
· In liaison with TPD’s oversee formal Interim ARCP Panels and informal trainee reviews.
· Working with TPD’s, Supervisors, and PGMDE team to ensure adequate support for Trainees in Difficulty. Provide pastoral support to trainees.
5. Service Delivery
· Responsibility for developing and implementing local policies, procedures and protocols.
· Deputise for the PGMDE Quality Manager in their absence, as appropriate.
6. Project Management
· To carry out research and undertake specific projects which support service developments.
· Responsible for identifying areas of income generation and savings to support service developments.
To support TPD’s on any bids which are in collaboration with NHSE and to provide regular reports as required.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- First Degree or relevant experience
Desirable criteria
- • Postgraduate qualification in management or equivalent specialist areas of knowledge
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in an educational setting or Medical Education
Desirable criteria
- Previous working experience within NHS
Communication & Relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to relate and communicate with a wide range of staff.
- Able to demonstrate tact and diplomacy
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Faosat Sanni
- Job title
- PGMDE Quality Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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