Job vacancy: Training Programme Director for General Surgery - South Area (West Midlands), NHS England, Birmingham

Job summary

Main area: General Surgery
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Secondment: 15 months (until 31st October 2026)
Hours: Part time - 1 session per week (4 hours per week)
Job ref: 990-MID-15553-E

Employer: NHS England
Employer type: NHS
Site: 23 Stephenson Street
Town: Birmingham
Salary: In line with TPD sessional payments
Closing: 30/06/2025 23:59

Training Programme Director for General Surgery - South Area (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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

NHS England ensures that the workforce has the right skills, behaviours and training, and is available in the right numbers, to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and drive improvements through supporting healthcare providers and clinicians to take greater responsibility for planning and commissioning education and training.

Our ambition is to be the best organisation of our type in the world by living our values every day.

Our Core Values are that everyone feels valued and respected and are included and involved in everything that affects them; are trusted to make decisions with clear reasons in order to be empowered to deliver; are committed to clear, effective communication, which is transparent and open when sharing information; takes pride and has integrity in everything we do and recognises that everyone has a significant contribution whilst taking personal responsibility and accountability for actions and behaviours.

To work with the Head of School:

To provide effective clinical leadership, contributing to the strategic development of NHS England.

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.

To be an advocate and a positive role model on behalf of NHS England, by promoting leadership that inspires, motivates and empowers all staff, and demonstrating the values of the NHS.

To work on behalf of  NHS England, providing expert advice on specialty-specific matters.

To work locally with key groups and stakeholders, to attend and host events across the regions, to develop key liaisons and to ensure effective local engagement and responsiveness in line with the culture of NHS England.

To review how multi-professional healthcare teams interact and identify opportunities for different healthcare professions to work more effectively together through education and training.

To work with providers and others to support and capture innovation locally and ensure national and local conversations develop ‘best practice’.

Corporate leadership 

To support delivery of the specialty-specific aspects of NHS England mandate through local initiatives and programmes.

Involvement in Programmes and Projects   

To support work programmes on behalf of NHS England that support local and national developments and initiatives.

Commitment to national vision, policies and processes for effective educational quality management

Leadership and Management

Leading on all TPD activities across the region

Ensuring that trainee rotations and placements are managed in accordance with Code of Practice guidance

Quality and safety

To work closely with the Head of School to support implementation of NHS England Framework and:

Education and Training Quality Improvement and Performance   

To emphasise the importance and promote the development of a quality learning environment for all learners.

Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Improvement  

To support the development of quality processes which are complementary across the healthcare workforce.

To support the use of clinical skills training and simulation (where appropriate/applicable), stressing the importance of teamwork and human factors.

School Programme Management

To oversee School programme management and advise the Head of School on the following matters:   

Specialty-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns;

Recruitment to training posts and programmes;

To use our educational resources to support learners within programmes to fulfil their full potential.

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.

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

Primary medical qualification or On the Specialist Register
Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, Professional Association and/or Regulatory Body

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working with learners or doctors in training in educational context
Experience of clinical and educational leadership
Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education

Skills

Essential criteria

Leadership
Problem Solving
Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills
Organisation and time management skills

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK under the Skilled Worker route are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.

Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.

In order to comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, all individuals employed or contracted by NHS England are now required to undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check.
All existing post-holders within NHS England will be required to complete the check as part of the wider roll out plan.

The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the processing of your application; a privacy notice is attached to advise you on how we will process your personal data.

If you have applied via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails sent to us via NHS Jobs. If you have a query relating to your application, please contact the recruitment team on [email protected] or 0300 330 1369. You can view our Privacy Notice here.

NHS England