SCTS Trust Appointed Doctors Cardiac Education Lead
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25 January 2024
(Last updated: 26 Jan 2024 15:17)
The SCTS Trust Appointed Doctors Cardiac Education Lead is responsible for developing and delivering the portfolio of education resources to promote and support the career of Trust Appointed Doctors. This is to ensure that our colleagues in the speciality of cardiothoracic surgery, who provide care to our patients are offered best support to ensure continuous professional development as well career development. This will also encourage entry to the speciality based on talent, ability and team-working as the overriding criteria regardless of background.
The SCTS Trust Appointed Doctors Education Lead will be a member of the SCTS Education Sub-committee, and accountable to the Education Secretaries and the Executive of the Society. The term of office is 3 years and may be extended up to 5 years.
The principle duties include:
- Designing and running the SCTS Trust Appointed Doctors portfolio of training courses.
- Maintaining a database of Trust Appointed Doctors.
- Overseeing the Trust Appointed Doctors engagement meeting, which is part of the SCTS Annual Meeting.
- Promoting courses from other organisations relevant to cardiothoracic surgery particularly, for example the RSM, RCS and ASIT.
- Create and oversee a national mentorship / role-model scheme to support Trust Appointed Doctors.
- Improving equity of access to TADs for more SCTS Education courses.
- Commission a series of articles for the SCTS Bulletin to support and guide Trust Appointed Doctors career progression in cardiothoracic surgery.
Informal discussions may be held with Debbie Harrington or Elizabeth Belcher (Education Secretaries).
Interested members should submit a brief CV and a completed application form (below) to emma@scts.org by 19th February 2024.
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