Faculty leads
Faculty Leads are representatives of HEIW’s Medical Deanery who are based within Health Boards / Trusts to support, manage, deliver and improve medical training and education.
They have responsibility for one or more core areas of educational activity:
- Quality: Ensuring systems of quality control, educational governance and implementation of GMC standards within the LEP and providing a link between directorates, HEIW and Specialty (including GP) and Foundation Training Schools. Faculty Leads also provide advice and information on the maintenance of quality standards and monitoring of training during periods of service delivery change
- Trainers: Supporting and developing trainers in the delivery of their role, professionalising the trainer role, and striving to continuously improve the quality of training;
- Trainees: Ensuring the provision of appropriate systems of support for trainees and promoting the ‘trainee voice’ and trainee engagement with quality improvement initiatives.