Training Programme Director Anaesthetics Core (South)

NHS England; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England is seeking a Training Programme Director to lead the Core training programme for the South of the region, aligning with NHSE standards and the Postgraduate Dean’s direction.

The post holder will deliver educational leadership, manage resident progression, and assure quality. You will design rotations, plan expansion, and contribute to regional and national training initiatives.

Qualifications

• Educational leadership and management experience.
• Experience overseeing medical education programmes.
• Knowledge of residency progression and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide educational leadership and management for Stage 1 residents.
• Ensure resident progression and educational governance.
• Design rotations and plan expansion of Core training programmes.
• Contribute to regional and national training and educational activities.

Skills

Educational leadership

Programme management

Governance

Curriculum development

Job description

The role of Training Programme Director is to work with and support the Postgraduate Dean in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions within their specialty, aligned to the NHS England mandate., The Core TPD for the South of the region, will provide educational leadership and management for Stage 1 residents, in accordance with NHSE standards and the requirements of the relevant curricula. The post holder will be responsible for the effective organisation, delivery and quality assurance of the Core training programme covering resident progression, educational governance and support for residents requiring additional input. The TPD will be designing rotations, plan expansion and contribute to regional and national training and educational activities as required.

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

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

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and 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 process.

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