LNR Foundation School – Foundation Training Programme Director – Psychiatry
As Foundation Training Programme Director - Psychiatry, you will be responsible for coordinating the training across the LNR Foundation School. You will ensure that national standards, determined by Royal Colleges, the GMC and HEE are implemented locally.
Applicants must be currently working within the LNR Foundation School region of the East Midlands area at consultant level or equivalent in the specialty of Psychiatry / Mental Health. Experience within the specialty at consultant level is essential as is considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context.
The Foundation Training Programme Director for Psychiatry (FTPD) is responsible for the quality, monitoring, supervision and development/delivery of the Foundation Programme placements within the Mental Health Trusts across the LNR Foundation School region and will normally be the named FTPD for a small cohort of trainees. The FTPD will lead on the delivery of Psychiatry Simulation training for the LNR Foundation School.
The FTPD will work with the local lead educators to ensure that each Mental Health placement of the programme meets the Health Education England (HEE) standard for training and that each trainee is able to access a comprehensive range of experiences which will enable them to gain the competences necessary for full registration and completion of foundation training.
You will work with the Foundation School Director to produce doctors who will strive for the highest standards of patient-centred care and commit themselves to a lifetime of professional development.
The LNR Foundation School (part of Health Education England, working in the East Midlands), is looking for a Foundation Training Programme Director – Psychiatry. Our work is set within the Five Year forward view for the NHS and is defined by the HEE Mandate from Government. It is part of the consensus on how the NHS needs to change, with a key focus on prevention and a commitment to reducing health inequalities and promoting equality and diversity
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Parry Job title: Foundation School Director Email address: rachel.parry@hee.nhs.uk
