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Specialty Training Programme Director for Gastroenterology

NHS England

Bristol

Hybrid

GBP 125,000 - 150,000

Part time

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Job summary

A leading healthcare organisation is seeking a Specialty Training Programme Director for Gastroenterology based in Bristol. This part-time secondment role focuses on improving learner supervision and educational outcomes. Ideal candidates are experienced clinicians with strong leadership and communication skills. The position promotes collaborative healthcare delivery and aims to reduce health inequalities. Applications open until 31 October 2026.

Qualifications

  • Experienced clinician with a thorough understanding of education and training.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-professional team.

Responsibilities

  • Enable local systems to improve health and reduce inequalities.
  • Make NHS a great place to work and achieve staff potential.
  • Ensure the workforce has appropriate skills and values.
  • Optimise digital technology and innovation.
  • Deliver value for money.

Skills

Leadership skills
Communication skills
Understanding of education and training
Multi-professional teamwork

Education

Medical qualification
Job description
Overview

The role of Specialty Training Programme Director for Gastroenterology within the School of Medicine and will work with and support the Head of School for Medicine in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions, aligned to the NHS England mandate and long-term workforce plan. The role 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 appointment will be made on the basis of a part-time secondment to NHS England, alongside existing employment with an NHS Trust in the South West geographical footprint. This is a senior educator position appointed on a secondment basis until 31 October 2026.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced clinician with a thorough understanding of education and training across the region. They will also have strong leadership and communication skills and be able to work effectively as a member of a multi-professional team.

The NHS England Board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

Responsibilities
  • 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.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

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

If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including: statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Carolyn Mackinlay Job title: Head of School, Medicine Email address: c.mackinlay@nhs.net

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