Job summary
- Main area
- Head of School of Anaesthetics
- Grade
- Head of School (HoS)
- Contract
- 3 years (until 31 January 2030. Secondment only for current NHS employees)
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-NEY-EC6682-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wellington Place, Leeds / Riverside House, Rotherham/ Health House, Hull
- Town
- Leeds/Rotherham/Hull
- Salary
- In line with HoS sessional payments
- Closing
- 25/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Head of School – Anaesthetics
Head of School (HoS)
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
An outstanding individual is sought to fulfil the role of Head of School for Anaesthetics.
The post will be available on the basis of a secondment arrangement to NHS England remunerated on the NHS Consultant Pay Scale – 3 PA / 12 hours per week.
All work undertaken is to be incorporated into the Consultant Job Plan.
As Head of School, you will be responsible for the overall quality, management and supervision of the programmes within your School. You will be responsible for ensuring all programmes meet the standards defined by Health Education England, the GMC and Royal College. You will work closely with Health Education England's senior educators, other Heads of Schools, Directors of Medical Education, and Training Programme Directors to ensure that each trainee is able to access a comprehensive range of experiences which will enable them to cover the speciality curricula.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to maintain a clinical commitment. It is essential that you have a medical degree, membership/fellowship of the relevant Royal College/Faculty and have a current substantive contract as an NHS Consultant in a relevant specialty. In addition, you should possess excellent leadership skills and meet professional requirements for Continuing Professional Development and Revalidation and make a wider professional contribution through academic and managerial responsibilities.
The post is offered on a secondment basis and all candidates are reminded that if they are successful, they are responsible for securing written agreement from their employer for release from clinical work for the specified number of PAs.
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.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for external candidates.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Leadership
· To provide effective clinical leadership.
· To work on behalf of Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery, providing expert advice on specialty-specific matters.
Quality and safety
To implement the NHSE Quality Framework and Education and Training Quality Improvement and Performance.
School Programme Management
· 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.
· To attend School meetings within the structure and other relevant meetings.
· To meet Code of Practice requirements
Educational and Workforce Development
To advise and support in educational and workforce development elements.
Strategic Workforce Development and Commissioning
To develop educational programmes where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies.
Finance
To ensure compliance with procurement requirements.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Willy Pillay
- Job title
- Deputy Postgraduate Dean
- Email address
- [email protected]
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