Single Point of Contact (SPOC) Team
Dr Ali Hassas is an Associate Dean as well as working as a GP partner, trainer, supervisor, appraiser and senior postgraduate educator. He has experience in supporting, training and developing doctors and dentists at all stages of seniority. He is a former Training Programme Director and also led the International GP Training programme in London, helping doctors from abroad to make the transition to UK clinical practice. Ali is an Institute of Leadership Management Executive Coach with additional training in Systemic and Narrative practice. He works as a Coach in the Professional Support Unit Coaching & Careers service and has a particular interest in helping trainees navigate complex dilemmas, conflict, ‘stuckness’ and any career or leadership challenges.
Jacqueline MacDonald-Davis is a qualified teacher and a trained Careers Education and Guidance specialist and has worked in higher education as a lecturer, a consultant and as Head of Staff and Organisational Development at University College London, Institute of Education. Jacqueline is a trained mentor, coach, and mediator as well as a Myers Briggs assessor. She is the author of several articles and publications. Jacqueline coordinated and oversaw the editing of HEE’s Differential Attainment (DA) Toolkit and the E-Learning, Support and Self-Review Modules. Her passion is to empower individuals to take the ‘next step’ in their personal and professional development. Jacqueline co-ordinated the development of the resources in the KSS Differential Attainment Project and is a member of the London DA Strategy Group
Dr Serena North is a retired GP Principal, Trainer and Appraiser who has worked in medical and dental adult education for many years. She is trained as an Institute of Leadership Management coach and has coached senior trainees and young consultants at critical points in their careers. She runs courses on supervision skills, consultation skills and communication skills and has taught colleagues to facilitate a particular approach to professional conversations called ‘Conversations inviting Change’.
Dr Rosalind Ramsay is a general adult Consultant Psychiatrist and Deputy Medical Director at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. She was a founder member and former Chair of the Women in Psychiatry Special Interest Group at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She has also been part of the executive team at Medical Women’s Federation. Rosalind has the Institute of Leadership Management Certificate in Executive Coaching and is a member of the Faculty of Medical Coaches. She has been a doctor advisor for the Psychiatrists Support Service, worked as a Lead Assessor for the National Clinical Assessment Service and has recently been appointed as a GMC health examiner and medical supervisor. She is interested in quality improvement, recovery in mental health and medical workforce development.
Dr Ruth Ruggles is an Associate Dean and a Consultant in Public Health. She has worked for a number of years to support individual trainees in public health and other specialties, including epidemiologists, scientists and others in their training and professional development, and in the development of their supervisors and teachers. She is the lead for the Supported Return to Training Programme (SuppoRTT) in London and KSS. Ruth has a Masters in Clinical Education, is a former Public Health Training Programme Director, and was a GP in South London before training in public health.
Dr Therese Shaw was an NHS Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, having changed career from anaesthetics early on in training. She is an Institute of Leadership Management Executive Coach and previously worked as part of the London Deanery coaching team. She has had various educational roles with psychiatric and GP trainees over her career and worked both full-time and part-time in her consultant role.
Kathleen Sullivan is a Senior Coach and has been coaching doctors since 2006 and was previously course leader for an MA in Managing Medical Careers.
Dr Sara Al-Atassi is a GP with Special Interest in Practitioner Health, a NHSE Senior GP Appraiser and an ILM qualified coach working with the PSU Coaching and Careers Team.
Jon Fairey is the head of the Coaching & Careers unit in the Professional Development Team. Jon has worked in this area for many years supporting trainee health professionals with career and personal challenges.