Deputy Director of Undergraduate Medical Education South

Job summary
The Undergraduate Medical Education Unit is an award winning service, providing high quality psychiatric placements for up to 400 medical students per academic year, from Nottingham University.

We need a very experienced Consultant level educator to provide overall academic project leadership to the South team. That person should be passionate about education, with a strong belief in utilising Lived Experience of mental ill health, as an invaluable learning resource.

Able to represent the service nationally and internationally in creating excellence and promoting Derbyshire as a progressive and valuable place to both train and work.

Main duties of the job
To lead the Undergraduate Medical Education service academically, liaising closely with Nottingham University, and other universities as required. To provide overall project leadership to medical tutors, educators, researchers and other disciplines involved in medical education.

Supervise and guide students, be involved in support and any professional conduct issues that may arise, and to provide guidance on this where necessary.

Liaise closely with the Service Operational Manager and other team members in order to maintain high standards for the placements we provide.

Act as line manager for the medical Education Service Manager.

Liaise closely with the Directors of Medical Education and Trust Board members where appropriate

Be able to communicate with senior staff in clinical areas to develop and maintain good working relationships.

Engage in providing expert teaching within the role to students and role modelling for other staff.

About us
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities
Responsibility for the undergraduate psychiatry placement/module within the agreed Nottingham curriculum and phase framework, and in accordance with recommendations from the relevant MBChB curriculum and clinical years committees.

To provide ongoing support, advice and resolution to staff, students, tutors and other key stakeholders in relation to the South psychiatry placement programme.

To identify and communicate with staff to manage delivery of teaching, lecture content, clinical posting, timetable expectations and clinical learning opportunities across adult and old age psychiatry.

To advise PTU support staff about teaching staff, topics, session order, clinical team allocations and timetable requirements to enable the production of timetables within agreed deadlines.

To respond promptly to requests for information, including course evaluation reports, timetable information, quality visit evidence, University reporting requirements, KPI monitoring, student support queries and tariff-related information.

To support placement induction and orientation so that students understand placement expectations, clinical opportunities, pastoral support, attendance requirements and routes for raising concerns.

To support the organisation and delivery of mock OSCEs, portfolio preparation, clinical supervision expectations and assessment processes in partnership with PTU staff and undergraduate tutors.

To work with the DME, Nottingham Medical School, Derby Psychiatry Teaching Unit and NHS England Workforce, Training and Education East Midlands on matters relating to undergraduate psychiatry education, clinical placement quality, educational innovation, tariff-related discussions, regional workforce priorities and sharing of good practice.

Policy and Service Development
Assist the DME with policy development within DHCFT relating to the full spectrum of medical education, specifically in relation to medical students and the South undergraduate psychiatry placement programme.

Work closely with the DME and Trust medical education leadership to support quality assurance, governance, policy development and delivery of Trust-wide medical education programmes.

Attend TMTC, MSC and Medical Senate regularly and contribute to wider Trust teaching and training programmes, including reporting on South undergraduate psychiatry developments, risks, quality improvement work and University-related changes.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Consultant level

Desirable

• Teaching delivery experience (any modality) to UG medical students.

Qualifications
Essential

• RcPsych

Desirable

• Ability to motivate students

leadership experience
Essential

• Example of role

Desirable

• minimum of 3 years experience in a teaching environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).