# Head of Medical Education

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Homerton University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Head of service
- **Salary:** £88,250 - £100,355 We would accept applicants on an underfill at 8b
- **Contract type:** Permanent: 1.0 WTE
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-06T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T09:33:49.393Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Homerton_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical_Education/Medical_Education-v8347928
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8347928?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

To provide leadership and support in respect of the Medical Education, Library & Knowledge services, Simulation & Clinical Skills agendas, assuring quality and developing the services and programmes the trust is commissioned to deliver. Working with educational commissioners to ensure quality and effectiveness of education and training delivery.

### Main duties of the job

- Provide strategic direction, highly specialist medical training knowledge, planning and leadership to the Medical Education Faculty.
- Provide guidance and senior management support to the DME, Foundation Programme Training Directors, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Specialty Leads.
- Deputise for DME and Associate Director of Education, Culture and Organisational Development as required
- Interpret and implement national policies and legislation relating to medical training and service level agreements.
- Communicate complex information to internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide day to day leadership and management responsibility for development and delivery of a comprehensive Medical Education, Library and Information, Simulation and Clinical Skills and Education Centre service.
- Represent the Trust and report to external bodies to account for performance and to identify and obtain funding
- Ensure delivery and evaluation of professional teaching activity, training programmes and resident doctors induction to meet relevant curricula and national guidelines.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

**Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date due to the high volume of applications received.**

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
- Knowledge and understanding of health care needs in a multicultural society.
- Ability to discuss knowledgeably current and proposed developments in education and healthcare

### Experience

**Essential**

- Senior level experience in Medical Education or Medical Staffing
- Previous experience in delivering education on a large scale

### Skills/Abilities

**Essential**

- Ability to effectively manage a budget
- Ability to interact well with internal and external stakeholders at all grades of seniority with diplomacy, persuasion and tact
- Demonstrate leadership qualities
- Demonstrate commitment & enthusiasm to the provision of quality and innovative education

**Desirable**

- Teaching skills in informal and formal situations.

### Other Requirements

**Essential**

- Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
- Commitment to the principle of equal opportunities for all.
- Highly computer literate

### Education/Qualifications

**Essential**

- Degree
- Masters in relevant field or equivalent experience

**Desirable**

- Teaching Qualification or relevant experience

## Documents

- [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938)
- [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 272.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672965)

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