The Role

We are now seeking to recruit to the role of Dean for Education to become an integral member of the Faculty leadership team. The successful candidate will deliver the Faculty’s strategic objectives relating to education and provide academic leadership of the education agenda, with particular focus on quality, growth and enhancing the student experience. He/she will also work closely with academic education leads in the Health Schools as appropriate in support of the Faculty programmes. In particular, the Dean for Education will manage the interface with Biomedical and Health Sciences, which currently provides a significant proportion of biomedical science teaching. The successful candidate will have proven leaderships skills as she/he will be required to develop and manage the Centre for Dental Education. The Centre for Dental Education currently consists of Associate Deans with particular responsibilities for undergraduate education, postgraduate taught programmes, flexible learning, distance learning, assessment, student welfare, and admissions. Heads of Centres and Programme Directors are also accountable to the Dean for Education for teaching and learning activity. This is a senior level appointment, the tenure of which will be for a fixed term period of 4 years in the first instance (renewable, subject to review). The appointee will however be awarded an indefinite contract and will continue with their substantive academic contract at the end of their tenure as Dean for Education. An Honorary Consultant Contract will be sought from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust for the successful applicant(s).

Accountability

• The postholder is managerially accountable to the Executive Dean of the Faculty. • The postholder is accountable to the Clinical Director and the General Manager of the Dental Directorate within Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, for the provision of clinical services, and for associated managerial and administrative functions. The postholder will observe all appropriate policies of the Foundation Trust protocols and procedures whilst undertaking clinical work with any Trust patients and patient materials.

Key Objectives

• To support the Executive Dean by providing academic leadership, strategic direction in relation to the Faculty’s education agenda. • To ensure the quality of the Faculty’s education provision, with a view to embedding excellence and innovation in teaching and a high quality student experience. • To represent the Faculty at university level in educational matters and actively contribute to the university’s education leadership team. • Chair of the Faculty’s Dental Education Committee. Development and delivery of educational strategy, both local to the Dental Institute and more broadly across King’s College London. • To undertake high-quality research and contribute to the delivery of undergraduate/postgraduate teaching in a relevant discipline. Alternatively, the appointment may be made on the Academic Education Pathway with an explicit focus on Education rather than Research in the job purpose. • Providing outstanding patient care in line with expected standards of clinical delivery.

Academic Duties

Educational Leadership:

• Develop, implement and promote the Faculty’s education vision and strategy with the aim of achieving excellence in teaching and learning, a first-rate student experience, ensuring alignment with relevant Faculty and University strategies. • Lead and manage the Centre (Education), including providing direction, support and performance management for Associate Deans, Programme Directors and other associated staff, with particular emphasis on building a focused culture of teamwork. • To ensure a supportive and reflective environment for teaching, including debate about educational philosophy and practice and lead discussion on the future of the dental curriculum in response to national, EU and other directives. • To chair the Dental Education Committee including developing a schedule of work which moves towards implementation of the Faculty’s educational objectives and strategic plan. To represent the Dental Institute at College Teaching Committee and other committees as required. • To lead, articulate and implement the Faculty’s growth agenda, with a view to high quality expansion of the education portfolio, including blended learning opportunities. • Contribute to the university’s annual strategic planning round and subsequently articulate clearly the Faculty’s educational vision and objectives. • To lead negotiations and oversee the contract for the General Dental Council (GDC), Overseas Registration Examination and other similar initiatives.

Quality Management:

• To be the main point of liaison with the GDC and other bodies in relation to dental education and to be responsible for the preparation, conduct and follow-up action for visits and assessments and/or accreditation of programmes by external bodies such as the GDC. • Act as Faculty lead for university-level quality-management processes, such as module evaluation, annual reporting cycle, programme review, quinquennial review and peer support, working closely with members of the Faculty professional services team. • Oversee the Faculty’s administration of and responses to TEF, NSS, PTES, PRES, the King’s Student Survey and other student surveys. • Responsible for the development and monitoring of curricula and assessments for undergraduate and postgraduate award bearing programmes, ensuring that that they meet the requirements of the GDC and other relevant professional bodies/organisations. • To ensure adequate clinical resource is in place and is used effectively to meet the requirements of the curricula for undergraduate and postgraduate programme, liaising with the Faculty’s partner NHS Trust clinical directors and general managers over the deployment of the Dental Undergraduate Tarrif for Teaching (DUTT) , or equivalent and advising the Executive Dean with regard to the DUTT contract. • Work closely with the Faculty Education Manager to ensure new programmes and modules are thoroughly scrutinised and considered in line with the Faculty’s strategic objectives. • To coordinate various policies including the admissions policy and recruitment for Dental Institute students; the pastoral care of students and arrangements for assessment of academic and clinical performance of individual students • To ensure that mechanisms are in place for ensuring that safety arrangements, risk assessments and ethics approval are conducted with regard to teaching sessions/ projects carried out by students. • To put in place arrangements to research and audit educational activities within the Institute, to include, where appropriate, comparisons with other centres of excellence for dental education. • Ensure compliance with College regulations, statutes and codes of practice for areas of responsibility under the purview of the Centre for Dental Education and other quality assurance and audit procedures.

Innovation:

• Being aware of latest developments in dental education practice, including technology-enhanced learning, and being able to apply these insights to developments in the Faculty. • Encouraging innovative teaching and assessment methods and liaising with colleagues in the Faculty and in central departments to ensure effective support for teaching staff. • Developing, initiating and effectively managing changes to educational practices, processes and culture to meet Faculty objectives and improve student experience. • Leading the allocation of designated resources to support educational innovation and student experience. • Providing academic leadership in the development, promotion and management of curriculum enhancement initiatives. • Working with the Faculty Education Team and the Communications Manager to ensure that educational initiatives and innovations are widely disseminated across the Faculty. • Working with the Dean (Research) to promote and encourage the integration of research and education, and ensure that excellence in research is translated into exciting learning opportunities for students. • Working with the Dean (International) to promote and encourage the integration of the international agenda with education, and to ensure that internationalisation is reflected in the curriculum and in relation to student opportunities.

General Management Responsibilities:

Together with the Dean (Research), Centre Leads and Clinical Directors: • Assist in maintaining an equitable balance of research, teaching and administrative responsibilities amongst staff within the Dental Institute • Consider proposals for new academic appointments, referring to Education Committee, as appropriate • Provide an input into probation, appraisal, disciplinary and career development procedures in relation to teaching for Dental Institute staff • Identify future teaching staffing needs and to engage in discussions relating workforce planning requirements • Ensure appropriate continuing professional development arrangements are in place for Dental Institute staff, with particular regard to clinical teachers and that staff have received training in teaching methods. • Be an active Member of the Faculty Senior Leadership Team and assist the Executive Dean with the general management of Faculty education matters. • Working closely with and supporting all Professional Services teams in the Faculty, particularly the Faculty Education Manager and Team. • Deputising for the Executive Dean of Faculty at events, meetings and committees where required. • Contributing to the wider leadership of the University.

Substantive Academic Post:

• Plan, organise and deliver a range of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and assessment activities within subject specialisms to all levels to meet the departmental programme and work model. • Make a contribution to the teaching, examining and project supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students. • Engage, where appropriate, in designing and establishing new teaching programmes and modules. • Provide academic leadership in the relevant discipline. If not appointed on the Academic Education Pathway: • Sustain internationally leading research activity through a portfolio of individual, joint and/or network research projects, and to acquire substantial funding for the same through grant applications to funding organisations and maintaining a consistent high-level output of publications and presentations of world-leading quality. • To contribute to the strategic research direction and leadership for staff within the Faculty and to provide mentoring and support in grant writing and conducting research. • To offer and support a clear direction in the development of a successful research culture across the Faculty as a whole. • Supervise and train postgraduate students and postdoctoral research staff to ensure their effective development. • Engage, when appropriate, in the dissemination of advanced research through Knowledge Transfer, public engagement activities, outreach, short course/continuing professional development. • Be involved in the mentoring of junior staff and act as line manager for non-professorial members of academic staff. • Contribute to performance and development review processes as appropriate in accordance with the university’s strategy.

Clinical Duties:

The appointee will join a team of honorary consultants, NHS consultants and specialists in all areas of clinical care provision. The postholder is required to have and maintain full registration with the General Dental Council. Staff are expected to continue membership of one of the dental defence organisations. An honorary consultant contract with Guy’s and St Thomas’s Foundation Trust will be provided. • To provide high quality care to patients. • Contribute to clinical dental training to undergraduate or postgraduate students and trainees. • Accept and assume a role as part of an interdisciplinary team. • To ensure appropriate staff development and positively encourage staff innovation for improving delivery of teaching, quality of patient care and information, peer review and audit. • Adopt systems of work as required by the local rules and maintain standards of clinical governance. • Undertake appropriate professional duties, such as involvement in professional bodies. • To assist in the development and evaluation of new procedures and keep appropriate records of data obtained, in accordance with the requirements of an Ethics Committee and the Data Protection Act.

Indicative Job Plan:

Total number of Programmed Activities (PAs) = 10

Additional Programmed Activities:

There may be additional programmed activities with agreement with the Clinical Lead/Head of Centre, which will be assessed annually at the time of appraisal.

Proposed weekly timetable:

The table below is indicative of the normal working week. Precise clinical commitments will be dependent upon the clinical expertise of the successful candidate and will be determined through joint discussion and agreement with Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, this will be reviewed at least annually as part of the job planning process. There is an expectation of cross-campus working, in particular between the St Thomas’ site and Denmark Hill.

Regular Meetings:

Departmental and other meetings are included in the timetable above.

Clinical Governance:

• The postholder must have an awareness and understanding of clinical governance issues and is expected to participate in Clinical Governance activities related to their clinical work. The post holder is expected to participate in Trust clinical effectiveness activities, and to encourage and foster improvements in the quality and standards of clinical services. The post-holder will assist with the safeguarding of high standards of care by participating in the creation of an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish. • The postholder is required to participate fully in the joint University/Trust appraisal and Personal Development Review processes and to maintain an appropriate portfolio of work activities for revalidation purpose.

Continuing Professional Development:

• The post holder is expected to take responsibility for their own Continuing Professional Development and take part in Continuing Education activities, in line with the requirements of the General Dental Council (GDC and Royal College) Guidelines. • The post-holder must be committed to the concept of lifelong learning and produce and maintain a Personal Development Plan in agreement with their nominated Head of Service. Continuing education is essential: time and financial support may be available for participation in this. • Study leave is available under the Terms and Conditions of Service for Hospital Medical and Dental staff, subject to the approval of the nominated Head of Service.

Teaching and Training:

• The Trusts are committed to sustaining and advancing the provision of medical, dental, nursing and other professional education and to the delivery of high-quality postgraduate and undergraduate training. • As part of their clinical supporting programmed activities, the post-holder is expected to participate fully in the teaching and training of junior staff as appropriate. For the majority of Consultants this will involve specific timetables and regular teaching commitments agreed with the nominated Head of Service, and supervised by Educational Supervisors. • The post holder will also be expected to assist in the training of nursing and other staff as appropriate.

Health and Safety:

• The post holder is expected to undertake the appropriate management responsibilities and be aware of individual responsibilities in accordance with Trust and local Health and Safety policy and report as necessary, any untoward accident, incident or potentially hazardous environment. The post holder will promote and implement all Health and Safety Policies. The Trust and University operate a No Smoking Policy.

Other:

• The postholder must ensure they are fully aware of and comply with the University/Trust policies and procedures in relation to, inter alia, confidentiality, health and safety at work, COSHH regulations, infection control, safe handling of drugs, and all local safety rules regarding fire, chemical, radioisotope and gene manipulation hazards. • The postholder must at all times carry out their responsibilities with due regard to the University and Trust equal opportunities policies. • The postholder must at all times respect the confidentiality of electronically stored personal data in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. • Due to the nature of the work, this post is exempt from the provision of section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemption Order 1975). Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, including those which, for other purposes are “spend” under the provisions of the Act. Failure to disclose such information may result in dismissal or disciplinary action. • Appointment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment health screening carried out by the Trust and University following recommendation for appointment. • This job description sets out the duties of the post at the time it was drawn up. Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or level of responsibility entailed. • The duties of the post outlined above are not exhaustive, and the postholder is expected to be co-operative and flexible, undertaking such other duties as may from time to time be reasonably expected of a senior member of clinical academic staff in a university. • These duties will be subject to review in line with the changing requirements of the Dental Institute, Faculty, University or Trusts, and with the development needs of the postholder as identified through regular review processes.

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