Deputy Head of School for Anaesthetics

NHS England; Fulbourn; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Deputy Head of School for Anaesthetics. The successful candidate will support the Head of School in enhancing learner supervision, assessment, and engagement with faculty. The role includes a focus on workforce transformation and training expansion in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. The position requires at least 40% in-person work and offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in healthcare education.

Qualifications

• Experience in leadership within educational settings.
• Strong understanding of learner supervision and assessment.
• Ability to engage faculty and ensure educational outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of School in leading functions aligned to NHS mandates.
• Focus on improvement of learner supervision and experiences.
• Engage in the workforce transformation and multi-professional links.

Job description

The role of Deputy Head of School for Anaesthetics is to work with and support the Head of School in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions, aligned to the Health Education England mandate.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

The Deputy Head of School is professionally and managerially accountable to the Head of School. The Deputy Head of School will focus upon improvement of learner supervision, assessment and experience, engagement of faculty and ensuring effective educational outcomes, both now and in the future.

The role is evolving and will also focus on whole workforce transformation and developing multi‑professional links. This additional role will support the Head of School due to the expansion of the School’s role in the oversight of the expansion of training numbers in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine in the region.

Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.

Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms — including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

We Lead The NHS In England By

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money

Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.

If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.

For further details or informal visits contact: Name: Emily Simpson Job title: Interim Head of School for Anaesthetics Email address: [e-mail]