Training Programme Director - Renal Medicine | NHS England

NHS England; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare organization is seeking a Training Programme Director for Renal Medicine South. The position focuses on leading educational standards, managing training program quality, and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure effective learner supervision. The role requires a medical degree and significant experience in education management and clinical practices. This opportunity is based on a secondment to NHS England with competitive remuneration and offers substantial contributions to healthcare training within the region.

Qualifications

• Experience in educational leadership and training management.
• Capability to ensure high educational standards as per GMC guidelines.
• Strong understanding of clinical practices and workforce development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of education and training in Renal Medicine.
• Ensure compliance with educational quality standards.
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders in health education.

Skills

Leadership

Education Management

Clinical Knowledge

Education

Medical Degree

Job description

Overview

An outstanding individual is sought to fulfil the role of Training Programme Director for Renal Medicine South. 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 supports 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 and will focus on learner supervision, assessment and experience, engagement of faculty and ensuring effective educational outcomes, with emphasis on whole workforce transformation and developing multi-professional links as well as innovative curriculum delivery and workforce wellbeing 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 education reflects changing service models and delivers an integrated workforce from a spectrum of 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 Institution

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 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

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.

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 their employer prior to submitting the application.

This advert closes on Thursday 18 Dec 2025