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Job reference: 018821
Salary: Current Salary will apply
Job closing date: 16/06/2020
Job Type: Medical and Dental
Location: NHS Highland
Employment type: Fixed-term or Secondment
Hours Per Week: 4 hour per week
Job posted date: 06/03/2020
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Education for Scotland
Department: Medical

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**** COVID-19 - Please note that during this time all interviews will be conducted remotely. If successful you will also initially be working remotely in line with guidance from Scottish Government*** 

Base Location; NHS Highland 

Part Time; 1 PA per week 

Fixed Term until March 2021*  

 

(renewable subject to the approval of the SAS Associate Postgraduate Dean in consultation with the Lead Dean/ Director NES Medical Directorate Professional Development workstream)* 

 

NHS Education for Scotland is leading a programme, funded by Scottish Government, to support the professional development of Staff Grade, Associate Specialist and Specialty Doctors and Dentists, who form a significant part of the NHS Workforce. This development is supported by a dedicated SAS Professional Development Fund, to which SAS Doctors and Dentists can apply, beyond their contractual entitlement to study leave, to support access to significant training opportunities which will enhance delivery of clinical services and improve patient safety and care. The aims of the SAS Development Programme include supporting the aspirations of SAS Doctors who have not completed a CCT, but may be able to achieve entry onto the specialist register by completion of a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR). 

 

The SAS Education Adviser will assume a key leadership role at local level, in conjunction with their local Director of Medical Education (DME), and will aim to support all substantive SAS grades employed in their territorial health board, to achieve their professional development aims. 

 

NES is seeking to appoint an innovative and enthusiastic individual to work as a local SAS Education Adviser, as part of a national managed educational network, who will: 

  • Identify and communicate with their local SAS community, regarding their development needs and career aspirations 
  • Facilitate SAS Doctors and Dentists to align their training needs to service development and improvement 
  • Support SAS Doctors to collect supportive evidence in their portfolio/PDP for appraisal, revalidation and/or CESR purposes 
  • Facilitate submissions of applications for professional funding from their local SAS community 
  • Raise the profile of training and development opportunities for SAS Doctors and Dentists 
  • Participate in Quality Management 
  • Participate in the national managed educational network of Education Advisers. 

 

The successful candidate will be a qualified doctor or dentist and hold a substantive post in NHS Highland, at SAS grade. The programmed activity allocation (1 PA) is based on the headcount number of SAS Doctors and Dentists working in this Health Board region. 

 

Applicants can apply to undertake the role in addition to existing PAs, or if the role is to replace existing PAs, the candidate must have the approval by the time of interview from their Clinical Director. While there can be flexibility in terms of when the PAs are worked, it is expected that this work will be predominantly carried out within office hours, Monday - Friday. 

 

The appointment process will be the responsibility of NES Medical Directorate. The management of the SAS Education Adviser will be the responsibility of the SAS Associate Postgraduate Dean. 

 

* The post will be on a fixed term basis until 31st March 2021 in the first instance, with option to continue by mutual agreement. ? For NHS employees considering this post, please note that appointments will only be considered on a secondment or SLA basis, in the first instance.  

 

Applicants who wish to apply on a secondment/SLA basis are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current employer at the earliest opportunity. 

 

Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to Dr Lynne Meekison lynne.meekison@nes.scot.nhs.uk in the first instance, or to Phil Smith SASdevelopment@nes.scot.nhs.uk (0141 223 1517) 

 

If you are interested in this vacancy and would like further information, please refer to the Information Pack below which includes a copy of the Job Description, Person Specification and Conditions of Service. 

Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59hrs on the closing date. 

CVs will not be accepted.  

 

Closing Date: 16th June 2020 

Interview Date:  Week commencing 29th June 2020 (to be confirmed)        

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