Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Secondment: 3 years
- Hours
- Part time - 1 session per week (4 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 990-NEY-6866181-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS England Office in North East & Yorkshire
- Town
- Leeds/Rotherham/Hull
- Salary
- Salary paid in line with TPD sessional payments
- Closing
- 03/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Training Programme Director for Palliative Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
An outstanding individual is sought to fulfil the role of Training Programme Director for Palliative Medicine.
The post will be available on the basis of a secondment arrangement to Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery remunerated on the NHS Consultant Pay Scale – 1PA per week.
All work undertaken is to be incorporated into the Consultant Job Plan. The role of Training Programme Director is to work 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 on 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 as well as innovative ways of curriculum delivery and workforce well-being 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 the provision of education reflects changing service models. This will deliver an integrated workforce comprising individuals from a spectrum if professional and other backgrounds.
Main duties of the job
Engaging People/ Key Working Relationships
Development of an effective network of communication and collaboration of all relevant stakeholders on a local, regional and national basis:
- Postgraduate Dean and Deputies
- Head of School
- Staff at all levels across the area covered by the local office
- Practices and schemes
- Associate Deans
- Clinical Faculty
- Other Heads of Schools
- Other Training Programme Directors
- Royal Colleges
- Professional and regulatory bodies
- Wider Stakeholder Network
- Local Medical Schools
- Providers across the region
- Directors of Education
- Higher Educational Institutions
Delivering Results/ Functional Responsibilities
- Ensuring high standards of education and training as defined by the GMC with respect to training posts and educational programmes
- Ensuring that objectives are met within budget and proportionate contribution to budget savings
- Ensuring that Code of Practice Guidelines are met
- Giving guidance on OOP / IDT’s / LTFT / Acting up applications
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work with the Head of School:
- To provide effective clinical leadership, contributing to the strategic development of Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery.
- 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.
- To be an advocate and a positive role model on behalf of Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery, by promoting leadership that inspires, motivates and empowers all staff, and demonstrating the values of the NHS.
- To work on behalf of Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery, providing expert advice on specialty-specific matters.
- To work locally with key groups and stakeholders, to attend and host events across the regions, to develop key liaisons and to ensure effective local engagement and responsiveness in line with the culture of Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery.
- To review how multi-professional healthcare teams interact and identify opportunities for different healthcare professions to work more effectively together through education and training.
- To work with providers and others to support and capture innovation locally and ensure national and local conversations develop ‘best practice’.
Corporate leadership
- To support delivery of the specialty-specific aspects of the Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery mandate through local initiatives and programmes.
Involvement in Programmes and Projects
- To support work programmes on behalf of Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery that support local and national developments and initiatives.
- Commitment to national vision, policies and processes for effective educational quality management
Leadership and Management
- Leading on all TPD activities across the region
- Ensuring that trainee rotations and placements are managed in accordance with Code of Practice guidance
Quality and safety
To work closely with the Head of School to support implementation of the Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery Quality Framework and:
Education and Training Quality Improvement and Performance
- To emphasise the importance and promote the development of a quality learning environment for all learners.
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Improvement
- To support 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 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, inter-deanery transfer, academic training and other related work-streams.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary medical qualification or On the Specialist Register
- Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, Professional Association and/or Regulatory Body
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with learners or doctors in training in educational context
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership
- Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education
Skills
Essential criteria
- Leadership
- Problem Solving
- Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills
- Organisation and time management skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Steve Bianchi
- Job title
- Head of School
- Email address
- [email protected]
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