Associate Director of Learning

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Camden Town is seeking a Senior Management role to lead medical education and learning development across multiple sites. You will coordinate training initiatives, maximize apprenticeship opportunities, and ensure compliance in mandatory training. The position also involves designing digital learning systems and leading teams to support effective education for healthcare professionals. The organization is recognized for high-quality care and ongoing investment in facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a comprehensive learning offer across all levels of the Tri-Trust.
• Maximise use of the apprenticeship levy to provide development opportunities for staff.
• Ensure full compliance in mandatory training across the Tri-Trust.
• Design and implement digital systems to support learning.
• Lead teams to deliver a high-performing, customer-focused service.

Job description

Overview

This is a senior management role, and its key purpose is to: lead medical education, learning and development, including apprenticeship, vocational training and lifelong learning, core skills training, digital training across the three Trusts, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ie: "Tri-Trust"). bring together a coherent and comprehensive offer for Learning and Development issues across the Tri-Trust, developing and implementing strategy and policy and ensuring that all staff develop the knowledge, skills and competence to achieve the Trust's strategic and operational objectives.

Responsibilities

• Learning & Development Lead and coordinate a comprehensive learning offer across all levels of the Tri-Trust.
• Apprenticeships: Maximise use of the apprenticeship levy to provide diverse development opportunities for staff.
• Widening Participation: Support initiatives that encourage young people to pursue NHS careers.
• Core Skills/Mandatory Training: Ensure full compliance in mandatory training across the Tri-Trust through efficient, high-quality delivery.
• Digital Infrastructure: Design and implement digital systems, including a learning management system, to support learning.
• Team Leadership & Resources: Lead the learning, apprenticeship, medical education, and core skills teams to deliver a high-performing, customer-focused service.

Please refer to the job description for further details.

Recruitment Process

• The selection process will consist of two rounds of interviews:
  • First Round: 07 November 2025
  • Second Round: Between 12 November and 18 November 2025
• Further details will be shared with the successful candidates.

Context and Collaboration

Work closely with the Directors of Clinical Studies and Directors of Medical Education across all sites responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, the Chief Nurse and the Medical Director to ensure safe, effective training and education for all health professionals. Manage the medical education and library administration staff across both sites. To provide financial management support to the management of education income and expenditure. To ensure high quality support to the management of resident and undergraduate doctor onboarding and educational experience, supporting the Directors of Medical Education across the Trusts. Work closely with involved parties to ensure design and build of new education facilities at Hillingdon Hospital (as part of hospital rebuild) and West Middlesex Hospital (as part of extension to main buildings) are fit for purpose for future development of staff.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London. Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use. We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

Recruitment communications: Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, this usually means your application was not successful. In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post. During the recruitment process your identity documentation (passport, driving licence, visa, etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided. Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.