Job summary
Employer heading
Medical Education Business Lead
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a conscientious and hard-working Medical Education Business Lead to join our busy team based at Roseberry Park.
Medical Education is a dedicated team supporting all grades of medics within our trust from medical students to consultant psychiatrists.
Roseberry Park is situated in Middlesbrough and benefits from free on-site parking and is easily accessible by car and is on a main bus route from Middlesbrough town centre. There is also train access from the nearby James Cook University Hospital train station.
As a member of the Medical Education team, you will hybrid work from home and also in a dedicated office, alongside other members of the department who cover our medical staffing and revalidation teams.
If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and are looking to be part of a team striving to make a difference, we will welcome your application for this role.
Working hours are Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm, with some degree of flexibility.
Main duties of the job
We are first and foremost looking for individuals with significant experience of working within medical education in a complex role. Experience in managing performance and service delivery and also staff management and supervision is essential.
Training to postgraduate diploma level in addition to significant experience of producing work to a high standard against tight deadlines is a necessity.
Working for our organisation
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
All staff have regular 1-1 meetings, quarterly supervision and an annual appraisal, which provides lots of opportunity for discussion around achievements, challenges and aspirations.
Staff recognition is very important to us, we work closely with colleagues from across the Trust to support development, the staff voice and to recognise teams and individuals through our Greatix and Star Award schemes, highlighting the outstanding work being done every day.
We recognise that administrators and professionals are a valuable asset to our organisation. We understand that they have a key role in the support and delivery of our services and that their contribution helps us in achieving our aim of consistently providing safe and high quality care for our service users.Ìý The kind of care we would want for ourselves and for our loved ones.
Our organisation is on a ‘Journey to Change’ and as part of this journey, creating a great experience for our staff is one of three big goals.Ìý Ultimately our aim is to be a proactive, responsible and mindful employer, recruiting, retaining and training our people, for the right roles, at the right time.
We believe the job description will give you an overall understanding of the role and provide you with details of the day to day duties and tasks required of the postholder.Ìý
Please read the job description thoroughly and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Hayley Lonsdale, Head of Medical EducationÌý[email protected] who will be able to provide a more detailed overview of the role.
Interview date
The interviews for this post will be held on Wednesday 15th January 2025Ìýat Roseberry Park. Please note the interview date is not flexible.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Degree standard in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Desirable criteria
- PRINCE2 Project Management qualification or willingness to work towards this or similar level qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Training and experience to postgraduate diploma level or equivalent in business admin management, project management, financial management or supporting change management processes
- Significant experience of working in a complex role which requires the collation and interpretation of data and the development of information systems
- Significant experience of producing reports and presenting supporting data
- Experience of influencing people who are not directly line managed to take action
- Experience of working in a customer led service
- Experience in managing performance and service delivery
- Experience in staff management and supervision
- Experience of producing work to a high standard and against tight deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Significant experience of working within medical education
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the Trust’s quality strategy and the role information plays in supporting this
- Knowledge of systems and process for handling and analysing complex data
- Knowledge of business process redesign techniques
- Knowledge of one or more computer system(s), hardware or software and procedures to develop reports, documents and spreadsheets
- In-depth knowledge of the Trust’s managerial policies and procedures
Desirable criteria
- Presentation Skills
- The Trust’s Quality Improvement System (QIS)
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hayley Lonsdale
- Job title
- Head of Medical Education
- Email address
- [email protected]
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