JCST Intercollegiate Posts - QA and Research Leads 2024
The Joint Committee on Surgical Training (JCST) is an intercollegiate advisory body which acts on behalf of the four surgical Royal Colleges of the UK and Ireland. It is committed to developing, promoting and ensuring the highest possible standards of surgical training for the benefit of patients.
We are seeking to appoint two exceptional individuals to lead key areas of the JCST’s quality and research work under the overall direction of the JCST Chair.
JCST QA Lead
Quality improvement, management and assurance are at the heart of all that we do. The QA Lead will provide clinical leadership for this activity, chairing our QA Group and overseeing initiatives such as our trainee and trainer surveys, our quality indicators (QIs) for training posts and our regional specialty quality reports, as well as ensuring that we provide high quality support for local quality management activity.
Applicants should be practising consultant surgeons with recent experience of managing and delivering surgical training, of involvement in relevant educational roles and a demonstrable understanding of and commitment to quality improvement in training. Excellent leadership, management and interpersonal skills are also essential.
JCST Research Lead
A strong commitment to research focussed on evaluating and improving surgical training is central to this aim. The Research Lead will provide clinical leadership for this activity, developing a JCST research strategy and overseeing its delivery in an agreed timeframe.
Applicants should be established academic clinicians with a proven track record of clinical research activity within medicine or surgery and specifically a strong track record in research using large data sets or ‘big data’. Excellent leadership, management and interpersonal skills are also essential.
How to Apply
Role descriptions, person specifications and application forms for these roles are available from Susana Cipriano, Head of JCST, at scipriano@jcst.org. The JCST Chair is also available to discuss these roles and can be contacted via the JCST secretariat.
Closing Date
The closing date for applications is Friday 25th October.
Interviews
Interviews will be held online (MS Teams) and are scheduled to take place on:
- Tuesday 5th November (QA Lead)
- Thursday 7th November (Research Lead)
Exact timings will be confirmed at a later date.
