Director of Medical Education

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Strategic & Educational Leadership: Chair the Medical Education Committee, serve as the primary liaison with the NHSE Regional Team, and advocate for medical/dental training priorities at Trust Board level.
• Culture & Diversity Advocacy: Actively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in education delivery, staff recruitment, and professional development across all clinical teams.
• Quality Assurance & GMC Compliance: Ensure all clinical trainers meet GMC Standards for Trainers, manage local preparation for external monitoring visits, and proactively action findings from annual GMC Trainee and Trainer surveys.
• Trainee & Pastoral Support: Oversee frameworks for workplace-based assessments, ensure every trainee has named clinical/educational supervisors, and provide robust pastoral support and career guidance.
• Performance & Risk Management: Collaborate with the Chief Medical Officer to identify, support, and manage underperforming practitioners and resolve training delivery challenges.
• Operational & Rota Collaboration: Partner with Medical Staffing and clinical teams to enhance the junior doctor experience, eliminate onboarding friction, and protect training time from service pressures.
• Centre & Budgetary Management: Oversee the operational delivery of the Postgraduate & Undergraduate Education Centre, supervise simulation facilities, and manage the medical and dental education tariff budget.

Person specification

shortlisting and interview

Essential criteria

• GMC full registration and license to practice. Specialist (Consultant/Specialist/SAS Doctor) or General Practitioner registration for a minimum of five years.
• Previous experience in a senior medical education role (e.g. College Tutor).
• Evidence of current training in: • Train the trainer • Fairer feedback • Reflective Practice • Relevant workplace-based assessments • Relevant portfolio • GMP 2024 and its role in respectful workplace inc. EDI, Sexual Safety
• Proven ability to manage performance issues in trainees or resolve delivery challenges faced by trainers.
• Experience of monitoring education delivery against training standards (GMC).
• Clear knowledge of GMC quality assurance frameworks, training standards, and UK postgraduate curricula.
• Comprehensive understanding of the NHSE Resident Doctor 10 Point Plan and current modern medical education priorities

Desirable criteria

• Higher degree. Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma in Medical Education.
• Experience of working with Health Education East of England (formerly the Postgraduate Deanery) - now part of NHSE.
• Understanding and commitment to uses of IT in education ideally with experience of deploying digital education platforms, simulation technologies, and/or remote learning ecosystems

Disclosure & Barring Check Fee

Where your role requires a DBS check, the Trust will pay the fee upfront and reclaim the cost (including a £5 admin fee) from your first month's salary. Volunteers are exempt.

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Early closure notice

We may close this advert early if we receive enough applications-please apply without delay.

International Applicants & Sponsorship
Applications from candidates requiring UK sponsorship are welcome where the role is eligible for sponsorship under current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) rules.

Please note that not all roles will meet the eligibility requirements for Skilled Worker sponsorship. Eligibility is determined by factors including occupation code, skill level and salary thresholds in line with UKVI guidance.

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