Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke Medicine Mersey
- Grade
- Training Programme Director (TPD)
- Contract
- 5 months (Secondment only for current NHS employees until 31 March 2027)
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-NW-EC5448-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Regatta Place
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- In line with TPD sessional payments
- Closing
- 01/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Training Programme Director Stroke Medicine (Mersey)
Training Programme Director (TPD)
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.
As part of our commitment to improving patient safety and maintaining safe and trusted services, all successful candidates will be subject to Baseline Personnel Security Screening (BPSS), which includes a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. By submitting your application, you are confirming your agreement to these checks being undertaken as part of the recruitment process.
Anyone who has received a voluntary or compulsory redundancy payment from NHS England since the start of the 2026/27 financial year is not eligible to apply.
Job overview
· The Training Programme Director in Stroke Medicine in the Mersey region will support the Head of School in the Strategic Development of the School of Medicine.
· The post holder will lead on the development of the School’s Recruitment and Retention Strategy and contribute to supporting the School Operational Programme.
· The post holder will be a member of the School Board.
· As a result of NHS England's (NHSE) integration into the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), please note that the end date for all new educator secondments/posts will be 31 March 2027. The successful applicant will be updated regarding potential extensions beyond this date
Main duties of the job
The 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 ideal candidate will be an experienced NHS Consultant with a thorough understanding of Stroke Medicine 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.
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.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Programme Director will ensure that both national standards, determined by the Royal College, and guidelines and standards established within Stroke 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 Stroke Medicine 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.
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
- Consultant or Specialty Doctor in Stroke Medicine
- Member / Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
- NHS Consultant currently working in the NW England in NHS Trust
Desirable criteria
- A strong sense of vision and an ability to innovate
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable Leadership skills and an ability to motivate others
- Strong interpersonal skills, excellent written and oral presentation skills
- Committed to own professional development
Desirable criteria
- A strong sense of vision and an ability to innovate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable experience of working with doctors in an educational context
- Experience as an educational supervisor
- Previous or current appointment as a Leader in Healthcare Education
- Clinical Manager Experience
Desirable criteria
- Understanding the Workforce Transformation agenda
- Awareness of funding streams for Healthcare Education
- Experience in Recruitment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Raj Parikh
- Job title
- Head of School Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
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