Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Associate professions
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months (until 31 March 2027)
- Hours
- Part time - 2 sessions per week (8 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 990-EOE-EC843-E-A
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Victoria House
- Town
- Fulbourn
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Training Programme Director – Physician Associate Preceptorships
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our Organisation
We share the core values set out in the NHS Constitution, which all colleagues are expected to demonstrate.
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. 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.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with knowledge of current educational theory and practice, and ability to maintain an up to date awareness of relevant issues. The post holder will maintain clinical skills and knowledge of local and national issues relating to standards of medical and multidisciplinary education.
It offers the opportunity to a senior educator to develop their knowledge and skills in programme leadership and management within the Medical Associate Professions and to build on the quality of the training programme and faculty development that has been enhanced in previous years.
As well as building links across specialties and developing educator networks nationally, this is a great opportunity to focus on whole workforce transformation and further developing multi-professional links.
Main duties of the job
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. These functions include:
- Education and Training Quality Improvement and Performance
- Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Improvement
- Programme Management
- Educational and Workforce Development
- Intelligence support/provision
- Strategic Workforce Development and Commissioning
- Finance
Please view the attached JDPS for expansion on these areas.
Working for our organisation
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The PA Training Programme Director is professionally and managerially accountable to the EoE Associate Dean for Medical Associate Professions. The PA 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.
The PA Training Programme Director 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.
The demands on TPDs are likely to vary at times and the guidance in the JDPS should be interpreted flexibly. Please see attached JDPS for full details.
Please note that the applicable grade for this role is Medical/Dental and therefore the Primary clinical healthcare qualification must be a MBBS, BDS or BChD.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary clinical healthcare qualification or Postgraduate diploma or master's qualification in physician associate studies
- Membership/Fellowship of a Royal College, Faculty, professional association and/or regulatory body
- Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development (example: educator courses)
Desirable criteria
- Educational qualification such as a Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or Masters in Medical Education.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational contex
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team
- Understanding of developments involving the relevant EDI strategy, professional bodies, related NHS organisations and regulatory bodies
Desirable criteria
- Previous or current appointment as a leader in healthcare education
- Understanding of current health, social care and education policy
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Ability to rapidly establish academic credibility
Behaviours and Values
Essential criteria
- 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Sturgess
- Job title
- Associate Dean - School of MAPS
- Email address
- [email protected]
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