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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
25 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Abilities
Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others.
- Skills and Abilities
A strong sense of vision and ability to innovate.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to problem solve and maintain objectivity.
- Skills and Abilities
Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills.
- Skills and Abilities
Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Skills and Abilities
Committed to own personal development and an ability to support others to develop and progress.
- Behaviours and Values
A transformation leadership style.
- Behaviours and Values
Ability to make decisions autonomously when required on difficult issues.
- Behaviours and Values
Management of transformation and change.
- Behaviours and Values
Sensitivity, tolerance and acceptance of criticism.
- Behaviours and Values
Perform all duties in a manner that supports and promotes NHS England (WTE Directorate) commitment to equal opportunities.
- Behaviours and Values
Conduct all duties in a manner that safeguards the health and safety of yourself and your colleagues, trainees and staff. Note the special responsibility as a manager for assessing and minimising risks to staff.
- Behaviours and Values
A continuing quest for personal and professional development.
- Behaviours and Values
An academic interest in training and education across primary and secondary care
- Experience and Knowledge
Current clinical commitment in the School/specialty.
- Experience and Knowledge
Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context.
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team.
- Experience and Knowledge
Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education.
- Experience and Knowledge
Trained and experienced in recruitment, selection and Equality and Diversity in the last 3 years.
- Experience and Knowledge
Active involvement in, and up to date with, appraisal processes.
- Qualifications and Training
Primary clinical healthcare qualification.
- Qualifications and Training
Currently working at consultant level or equivalent in the specialty school area
- Qualifications and Training
Experience within the specialty at Consultant level.
- Qualifications and Training
Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, professional association and be registered with the regulatory body.
- Qualifications and Training
Must hold a current Licence to Practise
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and Abilities
Politically astute with an ability to sensitively manage complexity and uncertainty.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to quickly establish personal and professional credibility with colleagues and other key stakeholders.
- Experience and Knowledge
Understanding of developments involving the relevant Colleges/Faculties, professional bodies, related NHS organisations and regulatory bodies.
- Experience and Knowledge
Understanding of the workforce transformation agenda.
- Experience and Knowledge
Knowledge of the NHS, its structures and processes, including an understanding of healthcare/multi-professional workforce matters.
- Qualifications and Training
Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development (example: educator courses, Train the trainer, etc)
Job 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 Training Programme Director will focus upon 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.
Main duties of the job
To support the Postgraduate Dean, Training Programme Directors will 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 of professional and other backgrounds.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
School Programme Management
To oversee School programme management and advise the Head of School on the following matters:
- Specialty-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns;
- Recruitment to training posts and programmes;
- To use our educational resources to support learners within programmes to fulfil their full potential.
- Postgraduate programme management, including assessments, progression, rotations, support and remediation, OOP management, trainee management, careers support, less than full-time training, interdeanery transfer, academic training and other related work-streams.
To fulfil the following responsibilities:
- To attend School meetings within the structure and other relevant meetings.
- To meet Code of Practice requirements, ensuring that rotational information is available to local teams to meet the 12 week deadline, and to support information sharing to track exceptions, noting the contribution to NHS England (WTE Directorate) metrics.
- To undertake professional development identified for the role (attendance at required training days, on-line e-learning packages, etc)
- To assist the Head of School and Postgraduate Dean in the early identification of trainees requiring additional support through local monitoring, escalation as required and referral to appropriate services.
- To facilitate career management or be able to provide access to career management skills or provision. - See detailed Job Description
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
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.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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This advert is for TPD Pan School (Medicine WM) with NHS England in Birmingham, England. The advertised salary is In line with TPD sessional payments. The contract type is Secondment: 7 months (Until 31/03/2027). The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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