Job summary
- Main area
- Education Delivery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment only for current NHS Employees. Until 31/10/2027)
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-SW-4399-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- South West House
- Town
- Taunton
- Salary
- pro rata
- Closing
- 16/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Postgraduate Dean
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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
Applications are invited for the role of Deputy Postgraduate Dean within NHSE South West. 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 Regional 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 South West geographical footprint.
Main duties of the job
Key areas of responsibility will include:
- Direct management and support of the Heads of School
- Direct management of resident doctors in training with professional standards, complex training and performance issues and support of the Heads of Schools in managing resident doctors in training experiencing difficulties
- Engagement with national workstreams including medical education reform programmes
- Leading on local delivery of national programmes
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.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
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.
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Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Medical or Dental Practitioner with a current license to practise.
- Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development
Desirable criteria
- Higher educational qualification such as a postgraduate certificate, diploma or Master’s in education.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Previous or current appointment as a leader in healthcare education.
- Experience as a senior educator working in the field of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education and Training.
- Knowledge of NHS operating model/provision/commissioning of training.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Proven track record of influencing and motivating others in leading change.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously when required on difficult and complex issues.
- Highly effective communicator
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Professor Lizzie Eley
- Job title
- Regional Postgraduate Dean
- Email address
- [email protected]
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