University Hospitals Birmingham Hiring for Managing Director for Education Job at Birmingham, England , UK Full Time

Job overview

The NHS is entering a period of significant change as it seeks to meet the ever-increasing demand for patient services against a backdrop of significant societal and technological change. Education will be at the forefront of this change. Preparing the workforce for these changes will require an agile, innovative, and flexible education offering to ensure that the people we employ have the necessary skills and attributes to meet the future demands of the service.

The Managing Director (MD) for Education is the lead role for Education within the Trust and has responsibility for the effective delivery of the Education Directorate. The role also acts as the key Trust representative in working with key partners such as HEE, HEIs ICS, Local Authorities and other NHS organisations. The role is complex and requires excellent leadership and decision-making skills to deliver a multi-disciplinary / multi professional education portfolio.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The role is complex and requires excellent leadership and decision-making skills to deliver a multidisciplinary / multi professional education portfolio. The outputs expected of the managing Director include the delivery of:

• An education provision which meets the needs of the workforce and the wider community in providing a timely, cost effective, quality assured and educationally appropriate service.
• High quality education offering to our workforce ensuring that there is consistency of practice, high standards of care and innovation, with a strong focus on supporting delivery of safe, high quality care.
• An Education Directorate which is responsive to the future needs of the workforce.
• The Directorate meets its contractual and performance targets.
• A service which supports the trust aims in reducing health inequalities and the Trust carbon footprint.
• A technologically augmented educational portfolio to ensure our workforce have access to the optimal delivery of education.
• A highly networked service which can leverage potential opportunities both within the NHS but also the wider education sector.
• An Education Directorate which adds value to the Trust through wider engagement activities both internally and externally in supporting the Trust vision in building healthier lives.
• Embedding the Trust Vision and Values into the business-as-usual cycle of the Directorate

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

• Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
• Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. We do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://birminghamandsolihullcovidvaccine.nhs.uk where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Good level of Education below Undergraduate level
• Educated to degree and Masters level
• Professional body registration
• Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to role and professional body registration requirements
• Holds a recognised Masters level management, leadership or teaching qualification or equivalent level experience

Experience

Essential

• NHS or HEI experience in a complex environment at a senior level.
• Senior management and leadership knowledge, skills and experience
• Experience of briefing Boards and executive committees
• Evidence of successfully working with colleagues to develop and implement appropriate education strategies to meet organisational needs
• Experience in business procurement processes including contracts, tenders and business case development and management
• Track record of leading teams and managing staff
• Evidence of leading and delivering programmes of change, operational and business planning
• Demonstrable experience of providing professional and clinical education advice in complex settings

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.

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.