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Main area
Palliative Medicine
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
3 years (Secondment only for current NHS employees until 01 April 2028)
Hours
Part time - 1 session per week (4 hours per week)
Job ref
990-NEY-12354-E
Employer
NHS England
Employer type
NHS
Site
NHS England Office in North East & Yorkshire
Town
Leeds/Rotherham/Hull
Salary
In line with TPD sessional payments
Closing
27/04/2025 23:59

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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.

 If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement.  You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.

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. 

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

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Steve Bianchi
Job title
Head of School
Email address
[email protected]
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