Training Programme Director - Dermatology Medicine | NHS England

NHS England; Leeds; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare organization is seeking a Training Programme Director for Dermatology. This role involves ensuring high educational standards and effective leadership within the NHS framework. Responsibilities include managing medical training programs, advising on workforce development, and implementing quality improvement strategies. Candidates should possess a relevant medical degree and demonstrate clinical leadership. The position is based in Leeds and offers a unique opportunity to impact healthcare education in the region.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical leadership within educational settings.
• Demonstrated commitment to effective education management and training.
• Ability to provide strategic workforce development.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high standards of education and training for medical posts.
• Manage postgraduate programmes and provide accurate guidance to trainees.
• Develop and implement educational programmes to achieve curriculum competencies.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Expert advice on specialty-specific matters

Commitment to educational quality management

Advising on educational and workforce development

Education

Medical degree

Relevant postgraduate qualifications

Job description

An outstanding individual is sought to fulfil the role of Training Programme Director for Dermatology NEWY.

The post will be available on the basis of a secondment arrangement to NHS England remunerated In line with TPD sessional payments ( – 0.5 PA / 2 hours per week.

All work undertaken is to be incorporated into the Consultant Job Plan. The role of Training Programme Director is to work 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 Training Programme Director will focus 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 and will also focus on whole workforce transformation and developing multi-professional links as well as innovative ways of curriculum delivery and workforce well-being strategies.

To support the Postgraduate Dean, Training Programme Directors work across the spectrum of health and where relevant, social care, within the context of a team, so that the provision of education reflects changing service models. This will deliver an integrated workforce comprising individuals from a spectrum if professional and other backgrounds.

Engaging People/Key Working Relationships

• Postgraduate 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, 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

Delivering Results/ Functional Responsibilities

• Ensuring high standards of education and training as defined by the General Medicine Council and other national bodies with respect to training posts and other educational programmes in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
• 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

Leadership

• To provide effective clinical leadership.
• To work on behalf of Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery, providing expert advice on specialty-specific matters.

Quality and safety

To implement the NHSE Quality Framework and Education and Training Quality Improvement and Performance.

School Programme Management

• Specialty-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns.
• Recruitment to training posts and programmes.
• Postgraduate programme management, including assessments, progression, rotations, support and remediation, OOP management, trainee management, careers support, less than full-time training, inter-deanery transfer, academic training and other related work-streams.
• To attend School meetings within the structure and other relevant meetings.
• To meet Code of Practice requirements

Educational and Workforce Development

• To advise and support in educational and workforce development elements.
• Strategic Workforce Development and Commissioning
• To develop educational programmes where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies.

Finance:

• To ensure compliance with procurement requirements.

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from the employer prior to submitting the application.

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Dec 2025