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Job summary

Main area
Education Delivery
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Fixed term: 8 months (Until 31 March 2026 - Secondment only for current NHS employees)
Hours
Part time - 9 sessions per week (36 hours per week)
Job ref
990-MID-16536-E
Employer
NHS England
Employer type
NHS
Site
Stephenson Street
Town
Birmingham
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

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Deputy Postgraduate Dean - West Midlands

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.

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

Applications are invited for the role of Deputy Postgraduate Dean within NHSE West Midlands.  The role of Deputy Postgraduate Dean will provide local and regional leadership of the delivery of high-quality cross-specialty and multi-professional training. The role supports the Local Postgraduate Dean in delivering corporate, statutory and non-statutory functions. It is focussed firmly upon improving patient and learner safety and experience and ensuring effective educational outcomes. 

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 Midlands geographical footprint. 

Main duties of the job

Key areas of responsibility will include:

  • Direct management and support of the Heads of Specialty Schools
  • Direct management of doctors in training with professional standards, complex training and performance issues and support of the Heads of Schools in managing doctors in training experiencing difficulties
  • Engagement with national workstreams including medical education reform programmes and enhanced generalist capabilities
  • Support of the Integrated academic training programme
  • Leading on local delivery of national programmes such as the distribution and expansion programme

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

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 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
  • Registered Medical or Dental Practitioner with a current license to practise.
  • Educated to master’s level or equivalent experience

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Proven experience as a senior educator in delivering strategic transformational change
  • Ability to demonstrate, at a senior level, a range of leadership styles, influencing skills, sound judgement and flexibility to secure results.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent knowledge of NHS Medical and Dental education framework
  • Proven track record of developing and implementing complex solutions at scale in healthcare
  • Natural communicator and leader of change

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
Professor Andy Whallett
Job title
Local Postgraduate Dean - West Midlands
Email address
[email protected]
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