Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean, Core and Specialty Training
NHS Education for Scotland – 0.5 WTE, Consultant scale

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is a national special Health Board with a vision of Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland and a mission to provide education that enables excellence in healthcare for the people of Scotland, through the themes of an excellent workforce, improved quality, new models of care, enhanced educational infrastructure and an improved organisation. The work of the organisation is underpinned by the NHS Scotland Quality strategy and the 2020 Vision for health and social care.

NES has leads for each of the key professional groups in the NHS, organised within a Directorate structure. You have a key strategic role in supporting this work through the provision of leadership at UK, Scottish and regional levels, contributing to the strategic development of postgraduate dental education and the wider NHS workforce. You will report to the Postgraduate Dental Dean.

Dentally qualified with a background in secondary care and the relevant experience and understanding of postgraduate dental education, you will require high levels of strategic thinking, influencing, negotiating and partnership working skills combined with a visible and dynamic leadership which is exercised in a local and national context. You must have the presence, credibility and stature to lead for NES and the Directorate in a complex national environment and contribute to the leadership and development of the Directorate which impacts directly on the delivery of clinical care and patient safety.

If you are interested in the role, please visit https://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/
recruitment-and-careers/ where the job description, person specification
and online application form are available.

For an informal discussion about any aspect of this role, please contact Dr David Felix, Postgraduate Dental Dean, NHS Education for Scotland: david.felix@nhs.scot

Closing date for application: 27 May 2021.

Interview date: 21 June 2021.

Quality education for a healthier Scotland

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