# Training Programme Director for Renal Medicine- NorthEast London

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** NHS England
- **Location:** 10 South Colonnade
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Salary:** In line with TPD sessional payments
- **Contract type:** Secondment: 3 years (until 31 October 2029)
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 0.75 session per week (3 hours)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26T09:21:22.081Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/London/NHS_England/Renal_Medicine/Renal_Medicine-v8245388
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8245388?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.england.nhs.uk/

## Job Content

### Job overview

An outstanding individual is sought to fulfil the role of Training Programme Director for Renal Medicine for North East London.

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. The Programme Director will ensure that both national standards, determined by the Royal College and also guidelines and standards established within Renal Medicine are met.

The successful applicant will work closely with the Head of School, other Renal TPDs, LaSE team including; PGMDE Business Manager, Postgraduate Dean, and other key departments including Quality.

They will work with the Postgraduate Dean to produce doctors who will strive for the highest standards of patient-centred care and commit themselves to a lifetime of professional development.

### Main duties of the job

The Programme Director will ensure that both national standards, determined by the Royal College, and guidelines and standards established within Renal Medicine are met. Responsibilities will include:

- To oversee the Specialty’s Regional Training Programme
- 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.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced NHS Consultant with a thorough understanding of training across the region and who will also have strong leadership and communication skills and be able to work effectively as a member of a multi-professional team.

### 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.

### 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

### Experience

**Essential**

- Working with learners or doctors in training in educational context
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi professional team
- Demonstrable track record of delivery of service and education
- Understanding of developments involving the relevant Colleges / Faculties, professional bodies related NHS organisations

**Desirable**

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

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Membership/Fellowship of College /Faculty, professional association, and/or body
- Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development

**Desirable**

- Qualification such as PG Cert diploma or Master of Medical Education

### Skills and Abilities

**Essential**

- Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others
- A strong sense of vision and ability to innovate
- Politically astute with an ability to sensitively manage complex and uncertainty
- Ability to problem solve and maintain objectivity
- Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills
- Ability to quickly establish person personal and professional credibility with key stakeholders

**Desirable**

- Ability to rapidly establish academic credibility

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 640.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10564708)
- [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=10556890)
- [note for existing nhs employees applying for fixed term vacancies (docx, 26.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2084)

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