Job Description: RCPCH Lead
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How to manage: vaccines and immunisations
Evening of Evidence: vaccines and immunisations
Paediatrics Today: vaccines and immunisations
The RCPCH is seeking enthusiastic individuals with a medical education background to contribute
their time and effort to deliver these exciting educational resources. This document outlines the roles
and responsibilities of the RCPCH Lead for this work.
The Project
To design, deliver and evaluate learning resources suitable for multidisciplinary audiences related to
paediatric vaccines and immunisation, to include face to face and online programmes.
Background
The RCPCH has recently secured an educational grant from Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics
Limited to support the educational training of healthcare professionals in their knowledge, skills and
expertise in relation to paediatric vaccines and immunisations.
The resources to been designed, delivered and evaluated include:
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How to manage: Vaccines and Immunisations
Evening of Evidence: Vaccines and Immunisations
Paediatrics Today: Vaccines and Immunisations
Job Description – RCPCH Lead
As the RCPCH Lead you will be responsible to the project executive having overall responsibility for
the delivery of high-quality educational resources, related to paediatric vaccinations and
immunisations. You will be responsible for setting the learning objectives, creating a learner pathway
and designing an evaluation methodology for the three resources. You will ensure that suitable
learning activities/materials are produced to create an engaging resource. You will need to be
experienced in medical education and learning technology, creative, enthusiastic and have sufficient
time to commit to its delivery.
Support will be provided by the RCPCH Officer for Education Programme Development and the
RCPCH Education Provision team.
In addition, you will have responsibility for the review and quality assurance of the educational
resources and if necessary will facilitate their peer review. You will be instrumentally involved in
determining learning objectives and outcomes, and will work closely with subject matter experts to
deliver content to match these requirements.
Prime responsibilities
1. To develop the learning objectives, learner pathway and evaluation methodology for the
online and face to face educational resources.
2. To lead the recruitment of a team of subject matter experts to contribute to the resource
development.
3. To liaise with the appropriate subject matter experts and RCPCH Project Manager to ensure
the content is educationally and clinically robust.
4. To participate in meetings that benefits the project, as required.
5. To liaise with subject matter experts to facilitate peer review of the content for accuracy,
relevance and quality assurance.
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6. To ensure that agreed timescales are met and that the project team are kept informed of any
problems that might delay delivery of content so that additional support can be provided.
7. To approve and sign-off educational resources for testing and release.
8. To identify and share good practice in learning.
Skills and experience required
1. Significant knowledge and experience of public health, health promotion and/or paediatric
vaccinations and immunisations.
2. Commitment to design, delivery and evaluation of educational resources
3. Ability to ensure resources are delivered within an agreed timescale
4. Experience in online learning environments / e-learning / learning technology and face to face
course.
Place of Work
The majority of the work will be carried out electronically but there will be regular project meetings
(face-to-face and/or teleconference) and at least one workshop at the RCPCH London office. Regular
meetings/discussion with Content Authors/Editors should also take place. Travelling expenses will be
covered in-line with RCPCH guidelines.
Hours of Work
We anticipate this work to begin in mid-February 2014 and we anticipate that between 2/3 PAs (1-1.5
days) a month will be required by the RCPCH Lead. The development of the learning objectives,
learner pathway, design of products and associated work will be completed over a period of months
including quality assurance. Regular meetings/discussion with the Project Manager and subject
matter experts (SMEs) will also be expected throughout the project. These activities will be planned
with the RCPCH Project Manager.
Remuneration and Expenses
Reasonable expenses relating to travel and subsistence for meetings will be reimbursed in
accordance with RCPCH guidelines. A small honorarium payment is available upon delivery of the
educational resources as detailed above.
Why get involved with an Education Project at the RCPCH?
Getting involved in education programmes is an excellent development opportunity that supports your
training and CPD. You will:
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learn more about the RCPCH
influence the education portfolio
work closely with leading experts in a number of fields
be recognised and acknowledged for your contribution.
Selections will be made by the Project Executive, Dr Jo Lawton, in conjunction with RCPCH
Education and Training Quality Committee. Questions may be directed to Megan Buckingham,
Project Manager megan.buckingham@rcpch.ac.uk / 0207 092 6109.
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