Job summary
- Main area
- Associate Dean
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Secondment: 3 years
- Hours
- Part time - 6 sessions per week (2 x 3 session posts)
- Job ref
- 990-NW-6828602-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Flexible across the North West Region
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- Salary paid in line with sessional payments
- Closing
- 05/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Associate Dean
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
The role of Associate Dean (LED Development) is to support the Postgraduate Dean at a senior level and guide, support, and manage the activities related to the development of Locally Employed Doctors (LEDs) in line with the Long-Term Workforce Plan (LTWP) commitment to this group of doctors.
The postholder will work closely with NHS England’s postgraduate medical education reform team to support delivery of the “Blueprint for Change” programme which is aligned to the train and retain pillars of the LTWP, to encourage providers of NHS services to undertake activities to improve the experience of LEDs by improving opportunities for career progression, skills development, induction and access to educational opportunities, in addition to an improved experience of working in the NHS by valuing them and creating a sense of belonging.
Please note that there are 2 x 3 PA roles available.
Main duties of the job
- An opportunity to support the retention and development of the region's LED workforce.
- Gaining a unique perspective of the NHS by working for NHS England’s WTE directorate.
- Working with a motivated team of educators and administrative staff.
- Positively contributing to the quality of care given to patients by LEDs in the Region.
- Developing a portfolio of skills in leadership, whilst connecting with the wider system, whilst promoting and championing the LED role.
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.
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
The post holder will be required to undertake a leadership role in the co-ordination, provision, management, and promotion of LED professional development activities across the region, including:
- Work in partnership with ICBs and providers of NHS services to identify and agree local priorities for the development of the LED workforce.
- To attend and contribute to various stakeholder engagement meetings.
- To collaborate and communicate with other departments regularly to ensure efficient resource use.
- Identify and share best practice across the region and with NHS England.
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.
For full information please see attached job description
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Medical Practitioner with a current license to practice.
- Applicants should be in a substantive role in NHS clinical practice.
- Applicants, regardless of professional background, must have a track record of professionalism in line with the principles set out in Good Medical Practice and compatible with appointment in a senior clinical educator role.
- Experience in the leadership and delivery of education or professional development initiatives within the NHS
- Managerial experience within clinical education
- Knowledge of research in medical education and/or professional development
Desirable criteria
- Able to demonstrate the importance of LEDs as educators.
- Able to demonstrate ambition to lead the LED workforce in the region
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of supporting LEDs development within own trust and/ or specialty.
- Knowledge of key strategic documents relevant to LEDs development
- Knowledge of the NHS, its structures, and processes, including an understanding of healthcare/multi-professional workforce matters
Desirable criteria
- Current or previous experience as a LED.
- Current or previous appointment in a leadership role supporting LED development.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication, written and presentation skills and ability to work as part of a team.
- Excellent verbal communication and influencing skills including the ability to establish an effective rapport quickly with stakeholders at all levels, gaining trust and respect, particularly LEDs.
- Ability to quickly establish personal and professional credibility with colleagues and other key stakeholders.
- Strong leadership skills and able to ‘sell’ the vision.
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work on own initiative to manage workload through effective prioritising and time management
- Ability to critically appraise and problem solve whilst maintaining objectivity.
- Ability to recognise when work is of a confidential nature and the implications of confidentiality for how work is carried out
- Politically astute with an ability to sensitively manage complexity and uncertainty.
- Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Roisin Haslett
- Job title
- Postgraduate Dean
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
You can also contact
Raghu Paranthaman - Deputy Dean
Email [email protected]
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