Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and inspirational healthcare professional to come and be part of our strategic leadership team for the Education and Research directorate. This is an exciting opportunity to provide strong leadership and direction across a wide and diverse portfolio to deliver the highest standards of education at DBTH and reflective of our strategy. As a professional leader you will work at local, regional and national level bringing energy and passion to develop and support our current and the future workforce alongside an ambition and commitment to delivering the highest quality patient care.

The Deputy Director post has been developed to assist the Director of Education and Research (DoER) and the Associate Director of Education (ADoE), in providing strategic leadership to ensure that our colleagues develop the knowledge, skills, and competence to achieve the Trust’s strategic and operational objectives, and ambition to become the safest hospital in England, ‘Outstanding in all we do’.

The overall objective for the Education Department is to deliver the highest standards of education, thereby supporting our Trust and wider partners to produce a competent, committed, innovative, compassionate and courageous workforce across all staff groups.

You will have experience of working collaboratively, influencing internal stakeholders and external partners at a strategic level to deliver educational priorities and ambitions.

Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS FT provides the full range of local hospital services and provide some community and specialist tertiary services, including vascular surgery. We serve a population of more than 420,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, and the surrounding areas through three main hospital sites with a small community site at Retford. We are also a teaching hospital operating within the Yorkshire region, working closely with the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University.

As an organisation, it is our vision to be the ‘safest Trust in England, outstanding in all that we do’. To serve this ambition, we have an embedded ethos of Quality Improvement (Qi), a strong focus upon performance, and a values-based culture which places the patient at the heart of everything we do as health professionals. We are currently refreshing our organisational strategy to ensure a strong focus on recovery and renewal post pandemic - this is a very exciting time for the Trust. With an expanding quality improvement programme, we are striving to establish a position as one of the best in class for health, whilst also completing a journey to become Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated 'Outstanding'.

• Working with the DoER and the ADoE, provide leadership within the Trust and with key stakeholders on all aspects of education
• Support the embedding of Trust values, behaviours and competencies in the day-to-day education in the Trust
• To work effectively with senior leaders within DBTH and across systems on the education agenda, taking the lead on specific aspects of the education portfolio including education commissioning
• Support the development and delivery of the Trust’s People strategy, ensuring education is aligned with the workforce to meet our current and future needs
• Ensure DBTH is an active participant with key stakeholders locally, in place, regionally and nationally including Health Education England (HEE), Universities, Colleges and wider education providers

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details. For an informal discussion about this role please contact Sam Debbage, Director of Education and Research;Sam.Debbage@nhs.net

Please note successfully shortlisted candidates will be invited to a 2 day selection process take place on 24th & 25th January 2023

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