Training Programme Director - Imaging Academy

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of the East of England region’s Virtual Imaging Academy, working to create learning material, courses and assessments in the field of Imaging.

A Sub-Speciality Training Lead / speciality Training Programme Director (TPD) is a member of the Speciality Training Committee (STC) who is managerially responsible to the Postgraduate Dean for the delivery of training in that speciality according to the standards set by the GMC and the Royal College of Radiologists. The demands on TPDs are likely to vary at times and the guidance below should be interpreted flexibly.

The post is professionally and managerially accountable to the East of England Regional Postgraduate Dean.

The demands on TPDs are likely to vary at times and the guidance below should be interpreted flexibly.

Main duties of the job

• Work with Academy faculty to identify areas of learning need within imaging across the East of England region and how these can best be supported using the Academy’s learning platforms and resources.
• Upload high quality teaching cases to the Academy’s iCode and DetectedX learning platforms for use in learning modules and assessments.
• Assess the quality of teaching cases uploaded to iCode by other PACS users across the region, and incorporate the best of these cases into formal learning modules and assessments.
• Create learning modules and assessments appropriate for radiology trainees, radiographers, sonographers, junior doctors, medical students and other health professionals with an imaging learning need.
• Work with the NHS England WTE regional team and the Academy’s leadership to develop and promote the Academy across the region’s Trusts.
• Roll out delivery of your teaching and assessment projects across the East of England.
• Use and promote simulation techniques to improve imaging and procedural training across the East of England.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Education and Training Quality Improvement and Performance

• To develop learning materials, courses and assessments in the field of Imaging, primarily utilising the iCode and DetectedX platforms.
• To emphasise the importance and promote the development of a quality learning environment for all learners.
• To support Postgraduate Deans in meeting all statutory requirements.
• Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Improvement
• Assist in the development of quality processes which are complementary across the healthcare workforce.
• To support the use of clinical skills training and simulation (where appropriate/applicable), stressing the importance of teamwork and human factors.

School Programme Management

• To oversee the Specialty’s Regional Training Programme and advise Postgraduate Deans and Heads of School on the following matters: o    Specialty-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns;o    Recruitment to training posts and programmes; o    Postgraduate programme management, including assessments, progression, rotations, support and remediation, OOP management, trainee management, careers support, less than full-time training, inter-deanery transfer, academic training and other related work-streams.
• To provide reports to the Specialty Training Committee and School Board
• To adhere to and engage with the annual development planning process.

Educational and Workforce Development

• To advise and support the Postgraduate Dean in educational and workforce development elements, including professional development of the educational faculty
• To support compliance with requirements particularly with regard to the supervision and support for trainees and learners.
• To identify learning needs and support provision of educational appraisal, educator development and resource for faculty, trainees and learners.
• To create and promote shared learning opportunities to increase effective inter-professional working across the School.

Intelligence Support/ provision

• To ensure local intelligence processes inform quality management processes.
• To engage with information systems (trainee database, post establishments).

Strategic Workforce Development and Commissioning

• To contribute to workforce planning, ensuring clinical engagement with local and national workforce planning processes.
• To develop educational programmes where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies, engaging with commissioning processes as required.
• To identify and support the implementation of alternative workforce solutions within the School.
• To advise the Postgraduate Dean on commissioning and decommissioning activities.

Finance

• To engage with financial business planning processes and associated School budgets as needed.
• To ensure compliance with procurement requirements.

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

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.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.