# Training Programme Director Community Sexual and Reproductive Health

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** NHS England
- **Location:** Victoria House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Salary:** In line with TPD sessional payments
- **Contract type:** Secondment: 7 months (Until 31 March 2027)
- **Employment type:** Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 2.5 sessions per week (10 hours per week)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18T13:50:51.622Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Cambridge/NHS_England/Community_Sexual_Health_Reproductive_Health/Community_Sexual_Health_Reproductive_Health-v8156023
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8156023?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.england.nhs.uk/

## Job Content

### Job overview

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.

### Main duties of the job

A speciality Training Programme Director (TPD) is a member of the Speciality Advisory Committee (SAC) who is managerially responsible to the Postgraduate Dean for the delivery of training in that speciality according to the standards set by the GMC and the College of Sexual and Reproductive Health. The demands on TPDs are likely to vary at times and the guidance below should be interpreted flexibly.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

Setting up and Establishing the National School for CSRH

- Defining the respective roles of NHS England and the CoRSH
- Establishing the National School for CRSH School Board
- Produce Annual School Development Plan
- Work with Postgraduate Deans to establish the ongoing TPD establishment in each region
- Reporting on the progression of the National Sholl and any challenges encountered, to inform the Postgraduate Deans

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.
- To promote equality and diversity across all learning environments and for all learners and educators

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, technology enhanced learning (TEL) and simulation (where appropriate/applicable), stressing the importance of teamwork and human factors.

School Programme Management

- To oversee School programme management and advise Postgraduate Deans on the following matters:
- 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, interdeanery transfer, academic training and other related work-streams.
- To oversee the School structure and relevant School meetings within the structure.

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 business planning processes and associated School budgets as needed.
- To ensure compliance with procurement requirements.
- To promote and disseminate ad hoc funding opportunities as they arise

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others
- Ability to quickly establish personal and professional credibility with colleagues and other key Stakeholders
- Committed to own personal development and an ability to support others to develop and progress

**Desirable**

- Ability to rapidly establish academic credibility

### Experience

**Essential**

- Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team
- Understanding of developments involving the relevant Colleges/Faculties, professional bodies related NHS organisations and regulatory bodies

**Desirable**

- Previous or current appointment as a leader in healthcare education
- Awareness of funding streams for healthcare education
- Understanding of current health, social care and education policy

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, professional association and/or regulatory body
- Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development
- Primary clinical healthcare qualification

**Desirable**

- Educational qualification such as postgraduate certificate diploma or masters in medical education

### Behaviours and Values

**Essential**

- To contribute to the vision of the local NHS and to enhance patient care by providing leadership and direction with respect to the quality of education and training

## Documents

- [csrh tpd jd (pdf, 488.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10531260)
- [guide to completing your application (docx, 42.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1939)
- [nhse - verification of id and rtw guide (pdf, 306.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=996)
- [occupational functional requirements form (pdf, 69.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10456270)
- [note for existing nhs employees applying for fixed term vacancies (docx, 26.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2084)

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