TPD Faculty Development (Anaesthetics East Midlands) | NHS England

NHS ENGLAND; Glenfield; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in England is seeking a Training Programme Director to enhance education quality and workforce development. The role supports the Head of School, focusing on learner experience and multi-professional links in a changing healthcare environment. Candidates should demonstrate strong abilities in management, collaboration, and educational standards. Competitive compensation and the chance to make a significant impact in the healthcare system are offered.

Qualifications

• Ensuring high standards of education and training as defined by the General Medical Council.
• Commitment to national vision, policies, and processes for educational quality management.
• Giving accurate guidance to trainees on applications.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Head of School in leading the delivery of educational functions.
• Focus on learner supervision, assessment, and engagement of faculty.
• Collaborate to deliver integrated workforce education.

Job description

Overview

The role of Training Programme Director is to work with and support the Head of School in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions, aligned to the NHS England mandate. The Training Programme Director is professionally and managerially accountable to the Head of School. The role focuses on 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 to focus on whole workforce transformation and developing multi-professional links. To support the Postgraduate Dean, Training Programme Directors will work across the spectrum of health and, where relevant, social care, within a team context, so that education reflects changing service models. This will deliver an integrated workforce comprising individuals from a spectrum of professional and other backgrounds. 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.
• We strive to make the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• We work collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care.
• We optimise the use of digital technology, research, and innovation, and deliver value for money.

Note: If successful at interview, an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) may be initiated to retrieve data from a current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding (including competency status, Continuous Service Dates, and annual leave entitlement). You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.

• Ensuring high standards of education and training as defined by the General Medical Council and other national bodies with respect to training posts and other educational programmes in the West Midlands
• Commitment to national vision, policies and processes for effective educational quality management
• Ensuring that objectives are met within budget and proportionate contribution to budget savings when required
• Ensuring that Code of Practice Guidelines are met
• Giving accurate guidance to trainees on OOP/IDTs/LTFT/Acting up applications

Key working relationships and stakeholders

• Postgraduate Dean
• Secondary Care Dean
• Head of School
• Staff at all levels across the geographical area covered by the local office
• Practices and schemes
• Associate and deputy deans
• Clinical Faculty
• Other Heads of Schools
• Other Training Programme Directors, including Defence Deanery leads where appropriate
• Royal Colleges
• Professional and regulatory bodies
• Wider Stakeholder Network
• Local Medical and Dental Schools
• Providers and commissioners across the region
• Directors of Education
• Higher Educational Institutions

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents. Secondments