Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Secondment: 8 months (until 31 March 2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-SE-16466-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Premier House
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Wider Workforce Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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.
We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage. We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.
Job overview
NHS England is recruiting a Wider Workforce Lead for the South East Endoscopy Training Academy [SEETA] on secondment for a fixed term basis, until 31 March 2026 in the first instance. This role is for two days a week.
The post will be home based, working remotely with some attendance at local NHSE offices & regional hospitals. The post holder will sit within the NHSE SE Cancer & Diagnostics Programme and will be instrumental in leading the ongoing development of the South East Endoscopy Training Academy.
The purpose of the role is to lead on the development & training of the wider endoscopy workforce in the South East, providing regional leadership for the delivery of high quality, cross specialty, and multi-professional endoscopy training, together with the wider SEETA core team. The wider workforce includes (but is not limited to) administrators, bookers, pathway navigators and assistant screening practitioners.
The successful candidate should have excellent understanding of and evidence of involvement in the delivery and management of endoscopy education and training, experience as a senior clinician with current NMC or HCPC registration working in the field of endoscopy in the UK, a transformation leadership style, and experience in strategic thinking, problem solving and calculated risk management.
Main duties of the job
This role will be integral to the development of the academy & will be responsible for providing insight & leadership within endoscopy wider workforce training. The key outputs from the role, supported by the Academy’s Clinical Lead, Senior Project Manager, and Project Officer, as well as the NHSE SE Cancer & Diagnostics Programme team, will be to:
- Undertake workforce planning to identify the region’s training needs and to identify any challenges in appointing & retaining staff.
- Identify system level training leads for the endoscopy wider workforce & support recruitment, training & retention of staff.
- Co-ordinate training programmes within the South East, including organising & managing large multi-professional working group meetings.
- Further develop and embed career pathways in endoscopy for the wider workforce.
- Work to implement and embed standard administrative training pathways as they develop.
- Develop and deliver upskilling and developmental opportunities for Endoscopy staff to extend their scope of practice, mapped to career pathways.
- Work with partners to develop and deliver professional development for the wider endoscopy workforce and support staff with the aim of improving recruitment and retention for the SE region.
- Development of excellent working relationships with multiple stakeholders including NHSE colleagues, NHS Trusts, Endoscopy Networks, Higher Education Institutes, professional, clinical & education leads.
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.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
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
Key elements of the job will include:
- Communicate, provide and present information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including those working within the regional endoscopy units and external agencies, building and maintaining key relationships with a wide range of different stakeholders with complex and conflicting requirements
- Leading on workforce matters as the subject matter expert with external stakeholders, working closely with internal and external teams and others to lead, advise, support, facilitate, monitor and performance manage the implementation of a workforce transformation programme for the wider workforce within endoscopy, ensuring work is aligned with ICS plans and supports the delivery of the NHS England delivery plan and other related policy.
- Leading on the design and implementation of this programme of work to support workforce transformation priorities, including planning, developing and evaluating methods to measure the performance and outputs of assigned pieces of work, alongside ensuring appropriate governance and risk management. This will include the delivery and management of short-, medium- and long-term business plans for local teams to achieve quality strategic outcomes
- Making sound decisions in an uncertain environment, where the outcomes are not immediately apparent, using analysis and judgement where data may conflict.
- thinking strategically, taking an innovative approach to problem solving when approaching the complex challenge of delivering multi-professional education.
The successful candidate will be passionate about the delivery & management of endoscopy wider workforce education and training in the South East, committed to the development of the current & future endoscopy workforce.
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
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skilled and engaging communicator able to select from, and utilise, a range of negotiating and influencing strategies appropriate to different audiences and environments
- Establishes constructive working relationships by working with others and demonstrating credibility organisationally and professionally
- Is able to work independently and flexibly, but also as part of a team and to contribute to NHS England’s wider objectives.
Desirable criteria
- Capable of effective planning over a medium and short-term planning horizon and with a high tolerance of uncertainty, ensuring the appropriate allocation of resources, early identification of risk through a continuously adapting project landscape
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Leadership and management experience
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of training infrastructure in endoscopy service delivery
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- Current Professional registration with NMC or HCPC
- Extensive knowledge in the relevant field (or Postgraduate level Education)
Desirable criteria
- Teaching or assessing qualification
Behaviours and Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates a passion for education and endoscopy training with a personal ethos to improve health outcomes for patients across England
- Is diligent, conscientious and self-motivated, recognising that improved patient care is at the heart of all decision making
- Commitment to the promotion of equality and diversity in the workforce by operating in accordance with Trust policy, NHS England policy, good practice and support of the equalities agenda
Desirable criteria
- Promotes innovation, organisational learning and the sharing of best practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Siobhan O'Donnell
- Job title
- Programme Lead & Senior Workforce Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Dr Matthew Cowan, Academy Clinical Lead, [email protected]
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