Site Medical Education Manager - Basildon

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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.

We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.

Job overview

We are looking for a motivated individual with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills who is dedicated to working as part of the team.

You will lead and manage the team of medical training office staff at Basildon Hospital to ensure high quality administrative support for medical education and training.

A key area of responsibility will be to support the Site Director of Medical Education to ensure that the standards and objectives of the educational agreement between the Trust and its stakeholders (postgraduate: NHSE East of England/undergraduate: medical schools) are met.

You will be required to deputise for the MSEFT Senior Medical Education Manager and will have oversight of the doctors in training agenda and will be responsible for medical training and education requirements.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for liaison with Stakeholders and Quality teams at NHSE East of England with ongoing Improvement Plans and planned site visits
• Liaison with the Royal Colleges/Medical Schools
• Problem solving skills/use of own initiative
• Excellent communicator requiring tact when dealing with complex information which may be contentious as well as sensitive.
• To interpret and highlight areas of concern on the Education Funding Agreement
• Planning a range of complex events such as Induction, Exams, Careers events
• Collates, interprets, analyses and presents complex data
• Ensure the Site Director of Medical Education; Leads for Undergraduate Medical Education, GPST Programme Director receive appropriate administrative and secretarial support by delegating work to appropriate staff.
• To deputise for the MSEFT Senior Medical Education Manager as required.
• Ensuring the monitoring and effective use of Medical Education budgets and income.
• Management of the Medical Training Office staff in meeting undergraduate and postgraduate contractual requirements and clinical attachments.
• Monitor staff performance through day-to-day management, 1:1 meetings and undertaking appraisals, identifying training opportunities
• Day to day management responsibility for Clinical Teaching Fellows
• Responsible for the trainee study leave, medical student and doctors data base systems
• Complex minutes taken/transcribed at quarterly Medical Education/Induction, trainee meetings

Working for our organisation

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached a full job description setting out the details of the role and responsibilities.

We look forward to your application.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable management experience in NHS
• Experience of line managing team
• Experience of managing and setting budgets
• Experience of working with clinical staff at all levels

Desirable criteria

• Medical education experience
• Minute taking experience
• Experience in developing and motivating team members

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent written communication - demonstrated throughout application form

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree or postgraduate qualification or demonstrable experience

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• Site Medical Education Manager - Basildon (PDF, 704.5KB)
• AFC Pay Poster 23/24 (PDF, 40.2KB)
• Application Form (DOC, 233.0KB)