Lead for Undergraduate and Foundation - Brighton, United Kingdom - 279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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Brighton, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Description

Working collaboratively with the Director of Integrated Education, Director of Medical Education, the site DMEs and the Head of Medical Education and the Lead for Postgraduate Medical Education, the post holder acts as the Lead for Undergraduate and Foundation Medical Education across all hospital sites to ensure that all national, regional and local policies and procedures affecting undergraduate and foundation medical education are complied with, the NHS Educational Contract and medical school SLAs are delivered and the required local, regional and national educational standards met.

Responsibility for ensuring the effective delivery of undergraduate and foundation medical education and training across the Trust in accordance with the NHS England KSS Education Contract (EC) and medical school SLAs.

This includes approx.

270 foundation trainee placements for foundation doctors in training (F1/F2/academic) as well as undergraduate placements across all sites for Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and F0 medical students.

Required to meet regulatory compliance and Trust standards in ensuring the effective delivery, evaluation, and quality assurance of a portfolio of high-quality medical education and training for UHSx foundation doctors and undergraduate medical students.

The postholder also has medical education management oversight of the academic trainees within UHSx.

The post holder has management responsibility for other senior operational managers within the medical education department.

The post-holder will work closely with the Lead for Postgraduate Education to ensure the Medical Education team has a robust workforce plan and manage the workforce to ensure high levels of motivation and productivity by maximising multi-disciplinary teamwork and supported devolution of responsibility to front line staff.

This will help support the development of effective cross-site and Trust wide communication and teamwork.

The post holder will work closely with colleagues within the Integrated Education Division and within Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating.

Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a
buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs.

This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best
that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop.

We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

Act as a specialist in the field of Medical Education - particularly for Undergraduate and Foundation Medical Education - with excellent communication skills and expert knowledge.

Communicate with senior managers and clinicians within UHSx and contracted medical schools to raise awareness of the required standards for undergraduate and foundation education and how performance is assessed, requiring the ability to communicate highly complex information to senior managers.

Promote multi-professional learning and the share best practice.

Implement procedures for ensuring the department can deliver the NHS England's Education Governance and Trust's Clinical Governance agendas and deliver the medical school SLAs.

Establish effective systems to monitor education delivery and governance, taking due regard to views of all trainees and medical students.