The role of Training Programme Director is to work with and support the Postgraduate Dean in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions within their specialty, aligned to the Health Education England mandate.
A speciality Training Programme Director (TPD) is a member of the Speciality Training Committee (STC) who is managerially responsible to the Postgraduate Dean for the delivery of training in that speciality according to the standards set by the GMC and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
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.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
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.
Education and Training Quality Improvement and Performance
- To emphasise the importance and promote the development of a quality learning environment for all learners.
- To support Postgraduate Deans in meeting all NHSE statutory requirements.
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Improvement
- Assist in 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.
Governance, Ethics and Compliance
- Oversee full compliance with legal, ethical, and institutional requirements governing human tissue use (e.g., HTA regulations or local equivalents).
- Ensure robust consent-chain documentation and adherence to donor programme standards.
- Manage risk assessments, safety protocols, incident reporting structures, and audit cycles for cadaveric facilities.
Quality Assurance and Evaluation
- Establish KPIs, benchmarking criteria for cadaveric training quality.
- Conduct regular programme evaluations using trainee feedback, outcome metrics, and faculty reviews.
- Lead innovation initiatives to incorporate new technologies.
School Programme Management – Cadaveric
- Plan and coordinate cadaveric training sessions, including scheduling, faculty allocation, trainee selection, and resource planning.
- Maintain oversight of equipment, instrumentation, specimen preparation, and facility readiness.
- Work closely with anatomy departments, mortuary services, and simulation centres to ensure operational efficiency.
- To provide reports to the Specialty Training Committee and School Board
- To complete the annual school development plan
Educational and Workforce Development
- To advise and support the Postgraduate Dean in educational and workforce development elements, including professional development of the educational faculty
- To support compliance with requirements particularly with regard to the supervision and support for trainees and learners.
- To identify learning needs and support provision of educational appraisal, educator development and resource for faculty, trainees and learners.
- To create and promote shared learning opportunities to increase effective inter-professional working across the School.
Faculty Leadership and Development
- Recruit, train, and mentor faculty involved in cadaveric skills teaching.
- Establish competency expectations for faculty and oversee peer-review and feedback mechanisms.
- Foster a culture of high-fidelity educational delivery, professional integrity, and continuous improvement.
Trainee Assessment and progression
- Develop and implement assessment frameworks for cadaveric skills, including formative and summative evaluation.
- Provide clear documentation of trainee performance, mapped to curriculum competencies.
- Contribute to ARCP processes by supplying validated evidence and structured reports
Intelligence Support/ provision
- To ensure local intelligence processes inform quality management processes.
- To engage with information systems (trainee database, post establishments).
Strategic Leadership and Programme Design
- Develop and maintain a coherent cadaveric training strategy aligned to national O&G curricula and competency frameworks.
- Define learning objectives, training pathways, and assessment methodologies for cadaveric surgical training.
- Ensure cadaveric training complements existing simulation, operative teaching, and skills development programmes.
- Lead curriculum mapping and continuous updating in response to regulatory, scientific, and clinical advancements.
Collaboration and Stakeholders Engagement
- Act as primary liaison between the School, cadaveric centres, and regulatory bodies.
- Collaborate with surgical colleges, academic institutions, and clinical departments to align cadaveric training with broader educational strategies.
Resource and Budget Management
- Oversee financial planning for cadaveric training, including specimen acquisition, facility costs, and teaching resources
- To engage with financial business planning processes and associated School budgets as needed.
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.
