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TPD - Professional Support & Wellbeing Service KSS | NHS England

Job details
Posting date: 09 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: To be funded by the Education Contract
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 09 May 2024
Location: Surrey, RH6 7DE
Company: Health Education England
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6052136/990-S-SE-3b-22420

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Summary


TPD Professional Support & Wellbeing Service in Kent Surrey & Sussex

An outstanding individual is sought to fulfil the role of Training Programme Director for the Professional Support and Wellbeing Service (PSWS) in Kent, Surrey & Sussex.

This is a 3PA (12 hrs per week) vacancy.

The South East Professional Support and Wellbeing Service (PSWS) offers support to doctors in foundation, specialty and dental training programmes who may find they need additional support to progress with their training and fulfil their career potential.

The role of Training Programme Director PSWS - Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) is to work with and support the PSWS Associate Dean and Regional PSWS Business Manager in leading, supporting and delivering professional support and wellbeing services to postgraduate doctors in training across the Kent Surrey Sussex region.

The role is evolving as the KSS Deanery operations are transferred out from the London Health Education Team (HET), foundation and public health are already being supported by the SE PSWS team, with the School of General Practice due to transfer in the middle of 2024. The role will also focus on new Workforce, Training and Education workstreams across the South-East region that relate to PSWS.

The Training Programme Director (TPD) is professionally and managerially accountable to the Associate Dean PSWS. The TPD role will be primarily focused on managing, supporting and developing the team of Case Managers in their roles supporting individual postgraduate doctors in training. The TPD role will also include:
• supporting complex cases,
• providing strategic leadership for the PSWS,
• improvement and development of existing and new PSWS services,
• improving engagement and awareness with the educator community,
• deputising for the PSWS Associate Dean.

Please note: The post is offered on a secondment basis and all candidates are reminded that if they are successful, they are responsible for securing written agreement from their Trust/Practice for release from clinical work for the specified number of PAs/sessions.

The length of appointment will be for 3 years.

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.

The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents. 

If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today!

Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.


This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Apr 2024

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