Job summary
- Main area
- School of Anaesthesia & ICM
- Grade
- Training Programme Director (TPD)
- Contract
- Secondment: 11 months (until 31 March 2027)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-SW-EC1511-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Any NHSE Office in the South West Region
- Town
- Plymouth/Taunton/Bristol
- Salary
- In line with TPD sessional payments
- Closing
- 30/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Training Programme Director – Intensive Care Medicine
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.
Job overview
The role of Specialty Training Programme Director for Intensive Care Medicine within the South West School of Anaesthesia and ICM will work with and support the Head of School for Anaesthesia and ICM in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions, aligned to the NHS England mandate and long-term workforce plan.
The role 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 appointment will be made on the basis of a part-time secondment to NHS England, alongside existing employment with an NHS Trust in the South West geographical footprint.
This is a senior educator position appointed on a secondment basis until 31 March 2027.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will be an experienced clinician with a thorough understanding of education and training across the region. They 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the 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 and Training
Essential criteria
- Primary clinical healthcare qualification
- Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development (example: educator courses, Train the trainer, etc)
- Consultant currently working in the South West
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context
- Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education
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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Judith Stedeford
- Job title
- Head of School, Anaesthesia - South West
- Email address
- [email protected]
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