Overview
NHS Orkney is committed to delivering excellent care to our 22,000 residents. Whether you’re new to the NHS or bringing experience from elsewhere, your skills will make a real difference.
Our modern healthcare facility, The Balfour, brings together inpatient care, emergency services, outpatient clinics, diagnostics, GP practices and the Scottish Ambulance Service. We’re also investing in services across our outer isles, ensuring high-quality care reaches every corner of Orkney. We are guided by our core values that shape everything we do: Open and honest, Respect and Kindness from how we care for our patients to how we support each other as colleagues.
The Position
NHS Orkney has overall responsibility for the delivery and quality of medical education across the board area (across primary and secondary care). Directors of Medical Education (DMEs) are consultants or doctors appointed to NHS Boards. The post-holder will aim to ensure that every trainee or student has the support required to reach their full potential. The post holder also ensures NHS Orkney delivers the standard of postgraduate medical education required by NES and the GMC. You will also be responsible for ensuring delivery of the education contracts between NHS Orkney and NHS Education Scotland and The Medical Schools for whom students are placed in Orkney.
The Candidate
* You will have a sound understanding of current developments in medical education and the key issues facing NHS Orkney, with the ability to promote highquality postgraduate education and training. You will bring strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills, enabling you to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders and constructively challenge practice where appropriate.
* You will have proven leadership experience, including managing staff, budgets and change, and will act as a credible champion for education quality. You will hold a Medical Degree, relevant postgraduate qualifications, and have prior experience in postgraduate medical education and leading change.
Location, Working Pattern and Contract Duration
This post will be based at The Balfour. The successful candidate will work: Part Time 8 hours per week (2 PAs). This post is Permanent. It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NHS Orkney.
Benefits And Salary
Did you know NHS Scotland salaries are higher than those in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland? The salary for this post is dependent on speciality upon appointment at either Consultant or GP Scale. NHS Orkney also offers an attractive pension scheme, wide range of work life balance policies, employee assistance programme and various discounts to both local and national retailers.
Further Information
If you share our vision and are ready to be part of Team Orkney, we’d love to hear from you. Your rewarding career starts here!
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application. If there are additional requirements you would like to request, please contact. For further guidance on the recruitment process and tips for creating a strong application, please refer to our Candidate Application Pack. To find out more about this opportunity please contact Anna Lamont, Medical Director through executive assistant. This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland check.
NHS Orkney is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.
Please note this advert may close early if sufficient applications are received.
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