Higher Specialist Trainee Training Programme Director (HST TPD)

Job summary

The HST TPD will provide educational leadership and management for HST 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 HST training programme covering resident progression, educational governance and support for residents requiring additional input. The TPD will contribute to regional and national training and educational activities as required.

Main duties of the job

The HST TPD will provide educational leadership and management for HST 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 HST training programme covering resident progression, educational governance and support for residents requiring additional input. The TPD will contribute to regional and national training and educational activities as required.

About us

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.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

Details

• Date posted: 20 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Salary: Depending on experience
• Contract: Secondment
• Working pattern: Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
• Reference number: 990-EOE-EC3346-E
• Job locations: Victoria House, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5XB, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Education and Training Quality Improvement and Performance

• To emphasise the importance and promote the development of a quality learning environment for all learners.
• To support Postgraduate Deans in meeting all NHSE statutory requirements

Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Improvement

• Assist in the development of quality processes which are complementary across the healthcare workforce.
• To support the use of clinical skills training and simulation (where appropriate/applicable), stressing the importance of teamwork and human factors

School Programme Management

• To oversee the Specialtys Regional Training Programme and advise Postgraduate Deans and Heads of School on the following matters:

o Specialty-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns;

o Recruitment to training posts and programmes;

o 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 provide reports to the Specialty Training Committee and School Board
• To complete the annual school development plan

Educational and Workforce Development

• To advise and support the Postgraduate Dean in educational and workforce development elements, including professional development of the educational faculty
• To support compliance with requirements particularly with regard to the supervision and support for trainees and learners.
• To identify learning needs and support provision of educational appraisal, educator development and resource for faculty, trainees and learners.
• To create and promote shared learning opportunities to increase effective inter-professional working across the School

Intelligence Support/ provision

• To ensure local intelligence processes inform quality management processes.
• To engage with information systems (trainee database, post establishments)

Strategic Workforce Development and Commissioning

• To contribute to workforce planning, ensuring clinical engagement with local and national workforce planning processes.
• To develop educational programmes where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies, engaging with commissioning processes as required.
• To identify and support the implementation of alternative workforce solutions within the School.
• To advise the Postgraduate Dean on commissioning and decommissioning activities

Finance

• To engage with financial business planning processes and associated School budgets as needed.
• To ensure compliance with procurement requirements

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.

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.