Head of Professional Development

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive - and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you., + Providing clinical leadership to and managing the London & KSS Professional Support Team which includes the PSU and the Multi-professional Faculty Development service.
+ Enabling the postgraduate deans to deliver on their related RO and regulatory requirements.
+ Leading the development and delivery of a strategic vision for the Professional Development team which ensures the delivery of high quality professional support services for postgraduate medical and dental trainees in London, other relevant learners and their educators
+ Ensuring that the transfer of services to KSS is smooth and enables the ongoing delivery of appropriate support to learners and their educators.
+ Engaging with senior educators and trainees to promote best practice and ensure that the services provided for London meet the needs of relevant stakeholders
+ Ensuring an appropriate governance framework is in place to assure the quality of the services delivered and monitor the delivery of services within allocated budgets
+ Contributing when needed to national work on professional support and faculty development
The ideal candidate will be an experienced clinician and educator in current clinical practise.
More details and person specification can be found in the attached documents., As Head of Professional Development, the post holder will lead the overall management, development and organisation of the region's professional development functions.
Professional development in London & KSS comprises of:
1. The Professional Support Unit (PSU) provides specialist support to doctors and dentists in training, and other eligible learners, ensuring that the postgraduate deans are compliant with the Responsible Officer (RO) regulations
2. The Multiprofessional Faculty Development team provides specialist development opportunities for educators to enhance their support for trainees which would not be available to them elsewhere and promotes multi-professional approaches to developing educators.
Professional development services in London & KSS have been centrally coordinated but the PSU function for KSS will be transferred in 2025. While focusing on postgraduate medicine and dentistry the service has also been adapted recently to align to multi-professional mandate priorities and quality objectives.
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