Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
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
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
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.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.
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.
Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.
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 JD & PS (PDF, 760.5KB)
* Privacy Policy (PDF, 441.0KB)
* AFC Pay Poster 25/26 (PDF, 32.3KB)
* Behaviours Framework (JPG, 298.0KB)
* Trust marketing brochure (PDF, 2.1MB)
* General Statements - AFC - V5.1 (PDF, 424.6KB)